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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseePryor LEA
(1794-1879)
LEA, Pryor, (brother of
Luke Lea [1783-1851]), a Representative from Tennessee; born in
Knox County, Tenn., August 31, 1794; completed preparatory studies;
was graduated from Greeneville College; studied law; was admitted
to the bar in 1817 and commenced the practice of his profession in
Knoxville, Tenn.; served in the Creek War in 1813; United States
attorney for Tennessee in 1824; elected as a Jacksonian to the
Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3,
1831); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1830 to the
Twenty-second Congress; moved to Jackson, Miss., in 1836 and to
Goliad, Goliad County, Tex., in 1846; engaged in railroad building
and management; member of the State People’s convention,
which met at Austin, Tex., in January 1861 and passed the ordinance
of secession; died in Goliad, Tex., September 14, 1879; interment
in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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