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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeBalie PEYTON
(1803-1878)
PEYTON, Balie, (brother of
Joseph Hopkins Peyton), a Representative from Tennessee; born near
Gallatin, Tenn., November 26, 1803; completed preparatory studies;
studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Gallatin in 1824; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third
Congress and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth
Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837); resumed the practice of
law; moved to New Orleans in 1841, having been appointed United
States attorney for the eastern district of Louisiana, which
position he held for four years; served as aide-de-camp on the
staff of Gen. W. J. Worth during the Mexican War; appointed as
Minister to Chile by President Taylor and served from August 9,
1849, to September 14, 1853, when he resigned; moved to San
Francisco, Calif., in 1853 and continued the practice of law;
prosecuting attorney of San Francisco 1853-1859; returned to
Gallatin, Tenn., in 1859 and resumed the practice of law;
presidential elector on the Constitutional-Union ticket of Bell and
Everett in 1860; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1866 to the
Fortieth Congress; member of the state senate, 1869-1871; resumed
the practice of law; died on his farm near Gallatin, Sumner County,
Tenn., August 18, 1878; interment in the family burying ground on
his estate.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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