September 5, 1936
THE STATE
Page Nine
They Made Good Elsewhere
TENNESSEE
(Continued)
Zachary David Massey
Born near Marshall. N.
C., 1S64 ; studied medicine;
during the Spanish-Ameri-
can War, served as assistant
surgeon ; member of legisla¬
ture; elected to the lower
In the accompanying article Mr. Murphy
brings to a close his list of distinguished North
Carolinians who left this state and made good
in politics and diplomatic circles elsewhere.
It has been an interesting series and we believe
our readers are appreciative of the vast amount
of research work which Mr. Murphy must have
done in compiling such an imposing list. Of
course, there may be some names which have
been left out, but those things can't be helped.
Anyway, we wish to thank Mr. Murphy for his
cooperation in letting us have these articles.
By Walter (“Pete”) Murphy
house of Congress, and
served 1910-191 1 ; died 1823.
William Hall
Born in Surry County. N. C. ITT."*;
moved to Tennessee; member of the
legislature 1797-1805; Brigadier Gen¬
eral War of 1812 ; member of the legis¬
lature 1821-1829. Speaker of Senate;
succeeded Sam Houston, as Governor
of Tennessee, serving out Houston’s un¬
expired term ; elected to the lower House
of Congress, and served from 1831 to
1833; died 1856.
James Knox Polk
Born in Mecklenburg County, N. C.
1795; moved to Tennessee in 1806;
graduated from the University of N. ('.
in 1818; member of legislature 1821-25;
elected to the lower house of Congress,
and served from 1825 to 1839; served
as Speaker of the 24th and 25th Con¬
gresses; elected Governor of Tennessee
1S39-1S41 ; elected President of the
United States, and served from 1S45
to 1849; died 1849.
William Brickley Stokes
Born in Chatham County, N. C.
1814; moved to Tennessee ; member of
legislature 1849-56; elected to the lower
house of Congress, and served from 1859
to 1861; entered the Union Army in
the War Between the States, and was
brevetted Major General; studied law;
elected to Congress again and served
from 1866 to 1871; died 1S97.
William Stone
Born in North Carolina in 1791 ; was
a captain in the Creek War, served
with Jackson at New Orleans; elected
to the lower house of Congress, and
served from 1S37 to 1839; died 1853.
James Houston Thomas
Born in Iredell County, N. C. 1S08;
graduated from Jackson College. Co¬
lumbia, Tenn. ; studied law; elected to
the lower House of Congress, and served
from 1847 to 1851. and again from 1859
to 1861 ; died 1876.
Lawrence Davis Tyson
Born near Greenville, N. C. 1861 ;
moved to Salisbury. N. C., where he
clerked in a hotel; appointed to U. S.
Military Academy at West Point; grad¬
uated from there; professor in the U.
of Tennessee 1891-95; admitted to the
bar; served with Ninth U. S. Infantry
until 1895; resigned from the army;
was appointed by President McKinley
colonel of the Sixth U. S. Volunteers
in the War With Spain, saw service in
Porto Rico; mustered out of service in
1899. returned to the practice of law;
member of legislature, serving as
Speaker 1903-05; on the outbreak of
the World War. volunteered, appointed
by President Wilson brigadier general
and assigned to Fifty-ninth Brigade,
Thirtieth Division; participated in bat¬
tles from July 19 IS to October 1918;
awarded the distinguished service
medal; elected to the
Г.
S. Senate in
1925 and served until death, when he
was succeeded by Senator Brock, who
was born in Davie County, N. C.. who
filled out the unoxpired term. Brock
now lives in Chattanooga, Tenn.
William Robert Webb
Born in Person County, N. C.. at¬
tended Binghams School and the Uni¬
versity of N. C., which he left to enter
the Confederate Army: returned to
North Carolina in 1865, entered the
University and graduated in 186S;
taught at the Horner School
at Oxford, went to Tennes¬
see. founded the Webb
School at Bellbuekle, Tenn.;
elected to the U. S. Senate to
fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Robert L. Tay¬
lor, and served until the ex¬
piration of the term; con¬
tinued teaching until his
death in 1926.
Hugh Lawson White
Born in Iredell County.
N. C.. 1773; studied law in Lancaster,
Penn., commenced practice in Knox¬
ville; judge of the Supreme Court 1801
to 1807; in the legislature 1807-09;
judge of Supreme Court 1809-15;
elected to the U. S. Senate to fill vacancy
caused by resignation of Andrew Jack-
son, and served from 1825 to 1840.
when he resigned; President pro-tern-
pore of the Senate 1S32; received the
electoral votes of Tennessee and Geor¬
gia for President of the United States
in 1836; died 1840.
Christopher Harris Williams
Born near Hillsboro. N. C.. 1798;
attended the University of N. C. ;
studied law; moved to Tennessee;
elected to the lower house of Congress,
and served from 1837 to 1843. again
elected to Congress, and served from
1819 to 1853; was the grandfather of
the late John Sharp Williams, a Sen¬
ator from Mississippi; died 1857.
John Williams
Born in Surry County. N. C., 1778;
captain Sixth U. S. Infantry; studied
law under Judge John Stokes, in Salis¬
bury, N. C., commenced practice in
Knoxville, Tenn., captain U. S. Army,
War of 1812. and colonel of the Ten¬
nessee Volunteers in the Seminole War:
colonel Thirty-ninth U. S. Infantry in
the Creek War; elected to the U. S.
Senate, and served from 1815 to 1823;
appointed charge d'affaires to Central
America by John Quincy Adams; State
Senate 1827-28; declined appointment
as justice of the Tenn. Supreme Court;
died 1S37.
Andrew Johnson
Born at Raleigh, N. C.. 1808; a Rep¬
resentative and Senator from Tennc>-
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