Tar Heels Who Left Home
This is the third and last series of articles, prepared by Mr. Murphy and
having to do with North Carolinians who left their native state and made
good elsewhere.
We wish to say again that Mr. Murphy has made no effort to make his
list all-inclusive. The sole purpose of these articles is to show the large
number of Tar Heels who have attained success in their various adopted
states.
By WALTER (“Pete**) MURPHY
JOHNSON, ANDREW, a Repre¬
sentative and Senator from Ten¬
nessee, a Vice president and Presi¬
dent of the United States; no edu¬
cational advantages; served as a
Representative in the U. S. Con¬
gress from 1843 to 1853 ; Governor
of Tennessee 1853 to 1857 ; served
in the U. S. Senate from 1857 to
18G2; military Governor of Ten¬
nessee 1862; elected as Vice Presi¬
dent of the United States in 1864;
became President of the United
States upon the death of Abraham
Lincoln in 1865, and served until
1869; served as United States Sen¬
ator from 1875 until his death the
same year.
WHITE, HUGH LAWSON, a Sena¬
tor from Tennessee ; classical stud¬
ies in Philadelphia, Pa.; Judge of
Supreme Court 1801 to 1807 ;
again Judge of the Supreme Court
1809 to 1815; served as a Senator
in the U. S. Congress from 1825
to 1810; received the votes of Ten¬
nessee and Georgia for President
of the U. S. in 1836.
WILLIAMS, JOHN, a Senator from
Tennessee; studied at Zion Parnas¬
sus under Dr. Samuel Eusebius
MeCorkle ; Capt. U. S. Army in
1812; Col. U. S. 39th Infantry
1813; served as a Senator in the
U. S. Congress from 1815 to 1823;
Charge d ’Affaires to the Central
American Federation 1825 to
1826.
BROCK, WILLIAM EMERSON, a
Senator from Tennessee; served as
a Senator in the U. S. Congress
from 1831 to 1837.
ASHE, JOHN BAPTIST A, a Rep¬
resentative from Tennessee; gradu¬
ated from Trinity College, Hart¬
ford, Conn. ; served as a member of
the U. S. Congress, in the House,
from 1843 to 1845.
BLOUNT, WILLIAM GRAINGER,
a Representative from Tennessee;
academical education; served in the
U. S. House of Representatives
from 1S15 to 1819.
BRYAN, HENRY II., a Representa¬
tive from Tennessee; grammar
school education; served in the
U. S. House of Representatives
from 1819 to 1821.
CANNON, NEWTON, a Represent¬
ative from Tennessee; attended
common schools ; served in the U. S.
House of Representatives from 1814
to 1S17 ; again in Congress from
1819 to 1823.
DICKSON, WILLIAM, a Represent¬
ative from Tennessee; academical
education; served in the U. S.
House from 1S01 to 1807.
ETHEREDGE, EMERSON, a Rep¬
resentative from Tennessee; com¬
mon school education; served in the
U. S. House of Representatives
from 1853 to 1857; again from 1859
to 1861.
MASSEY, ZACIIARY DAVID, a
Representative from Tennessee;
medical education; served in the
U. S. Congress in the House from
1910 to 1911.
STOKES, WILLIAM BRICKLY, a
Representative from Tennessee;
common school education ; served
in the U. S. House of Representa¬
tives from 1859 to 18G1 ; Col. U. S.
Army, 1S62, again in Congress from
1866 to 1871.
STONE, WILLIAM, a Rcprcsenta-
from Tennessee; common school
education; U. S. Army War of
1S12; served in the U. S. House of
Representatives from 1837 to 1S39.
THOMAS, JAMES HOUSTON, a
Representative from Tennessee;
graduated from Jackson College.
Tenn.; served in the U. S. House of
Representatives from 1847 to 1851 ;
again in Congress from 1S59 to
1861.
W I L L I A M S, CHRISTOPHER
HARRIS, a Representative from
Tennessee; grandfather of John
Sharpe Williams; attended the
University of N. C.; served in tlm
U. S. Congress from 1837 to 1843;
again in 1849 to 1858.
GENTRY, MEREDITH POIN¬
DEXTER, a Representative from
Tennessee; academic education;
served in the U. S. House of Rep¬
resentatives from 1S39 to 1S43 ;
again in Congress from 1845 to
1S53; member of Confederate Con¬
gress.
HALL, WILLIAM, a Representative
from Tennessee; public school edu¬
cation; Brigadier General U. S.
Army War of 1812; Governor of
Tennessee in IS29; succeeding Gov¬
ernor Sam Houston upon his resig¬
nation; served as a member of the
U. S. House of Representatives
from 1S31 to 1833.
TEXAS
HENDERSON, JAMES PINCK¬
NEY, a Senator from Texas; aca¬
demic education; Brigadier Gen¬
eral Texan Army; elected the first
Governor of Texas in 1846; Ma¬
jor General U. S. Army Mexican
War; served as a Senator in the
Congress of the U. S., 1857 and
1S58.
SMYTH, GEORGE WASHING¬
TON, a Representative from Texas;
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TYSON, LAURENCE DAVIS, a
Senator from Tennessee, graduated
from the U. S. Military Academy;
appointed by President McKinley
as Colonel of the 6th Regiment
U. S. Volunteer Infantry 1898;
Brigadier General in the “World
War”; served as a Senator in the
Congress of the United States from
1925 to 1929.
WEBB, WILLIAM ROBERT, a
Senator from Tennessee, graduated
from the University of N. C. ;
served as a Senator from Tennessee
jn the U. S. Congress in 1913.
HOGG, SAMUEL, a Representative
from Tennessee; public school edu¬
cation; U. S. Army War of 1812;
served as a Representative in U. S.
Congress from 1817 to IS 19.
INGE, WILLIAM MARSHALL, a
Representative from Tennessee;
public schools; served in the U. S.
House of Representatives from
1833 to 1835.
LEA, LUKE, a Representative from
Tennessee; common school educa¬
tion; served in the U. S. House of
Representatives from 1833 to 1837.
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