Maury County TN Archives History - Books .....Congressmen And Postmasters 1906 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com September 18, 2005, 7:19 am Book Title: Century Review Congressmen, from this district have been: Andrew Jackson, 1796; Wm. C. C Claiborne, 97; Win. Dickerson, 1801; G. W. Campbell, '03; Robt. Weakley, '09; Felix Grundy, 11; Isaac Thomas, 15; Francis Jones, 17; Jas. D. Sanford, 23; Jas. K. Polk, 25-38; served as Speaker of the House during Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congress; later served as Governor of Tennessee and President of the United States; Harvey M. Watterson, father of Louisville Courier-Journal editor, 39; A. V. Brown, 43; Barclay Martin, 45; James H. Thomas, 47-50, 59-60; Wm. H. Polk, 51; Robt. M. Bugg, 53; Felix K. Zollicoffer, 55, 57; no Representative, 61-64; Sam. M. Arnell, 65; W. C. Whitthorne, 71-82, 87-90; J. E. Ballentine, 83-6; Nicholas N. Cox, 91; L. P. Padgett, 1901-6. Mr. Padgett was born Nov., 1855; graduated A.B. from Erskine College, Due West, S. C.; commenced law practice, 1879; was Democratic presidential elector, 1884; elected to State Senate, '98, and to Congress, 1900, '02, '04. Postmasters.-Dr. L. B. Estes was appointed postmaster at Columbia in 1807, holding up to his death, in 1814. He was a member of Franklin Lodge of Masons, and the brothers came to Columbia to inter his remains with Masonic rites. We are not able to give the exact chain prior to 1840; but Saml. Craig, a Mr. Lancaster, J. Dobbins, and perhaps others before Jeremiah Cherry, 40; L. H. Wilcox, 48; R. B. Moore, 56; L. H. Estes, 61; J. D. Moore, 65; J. P. Baird, 72; W. N. Hughes, 76; S. M. Arnell, 79; H. F. Fariss, 84; J. T. Williamson, 88: G. W. Blackburn, 92; W. A. Howard, 93; Fariss again, 97; A. M. Hughes, Mar., 1902-6. Mr. Hughes was born Mar. 19, 1847; and leaving Jackson College at the age of fifteen, he enlisted as a cavalryman under Gen. Forrest; was captured in 1863, and spent a year in a Federal prison. Subsequent to the war, Mr. Hughes read law in the office of his father, Judge A. M. Hughes, and was admitted to practice in 1870. He was Collector of Internal Revenue for the Nashville District under President Arthur; served as chief of the Loan Division in the Treasury Department under Harrison; was commissioned as lieutenant colonel for service in the Spanish-American War; served as superintendent for the 1900 census in this congressional district. Col. Hughes is a stanch Republican, a member of several secret orders, and popular in his home city. In the management of the post office he is assisted by Jno. W. Jackson, who was born in Marshall Co., June 10, 1862. Additional Comments: From: CENTURY REVIEW 1805 - 1905 MAURY COUNTY, TENNESSEE A Condensation of the Most Important Events of the Past One Hundred Years, and Descriptive Sketches of the Cities and Villages File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/maury/history/1906/centuryr/congress15nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/tnfiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb