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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeHenry Clay EVANS
(1843-1921)
EVANS, Henry Clay, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Juniata County, Pa., June
18, 1843; moved to Wisconsin in 1844, with his parents, who settled
in Platteville, Grant County; attended the common schools and a
business school in Madison; was graduated from a business training
school at Chicago in 1861; enlisted on May 6, 1864, as a corporal
in Company A, Forty-first Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
and served until September 24, 1864; settled in Chattanooga, Tenn.,
in 1870 and engaged in the manufacture of freight cars; elected
mayor in 1881, serving two terms; organized the public-school
system of Chattanooga and served as first school commissioner;
elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4,
1889-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890
to the Fifty-second Congress; First Assistant Postmaster General
1891-1893; elected Governor of Tennessee in 1894 on the face of the
returns, but a legislative recount rejected certain votes and
declared his Democratic opponent, Peter Turney, elected; appointed
Commissioner of Pensions April 1, 1897, and served until May 13,
1902, when he resigned to enter the diplomatic service; appointed
United States consul general to London, England, May 9, 1902,
retiring in 1905; chosen commissioner of health and education of
Chattanooga in 1911; died in Chattanooga, Tenn., December 12, 1921;
interment in Forest Hill Cemetery, St. Elmo, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Bibliography
Seehorn, John B. “The Life and Public Career of Henry Clay
Evans.” Master’s thesis, University of Tennessee,
1970.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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