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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeHaywood Yancey RIDDLE
(1834-1879)
RIDDLE, Haywood Yancey, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Van Buren, Hardeman County,
Tenn., June 20, 1834; completed preparatory studies and was
graduated from Union University, Murfreesboro, Tenn., in 1854;
adjunct professor of mathematics and languages at that institution;
was graduated from the law department of Cumberland University,
Lebanon, Tenn., in 1857 and was admitted to the bar in Ripley,
Miss., the same year; moved to Smith County, Tenn., in 1858 and
engaged in agricultural pursuits; enlisted in the Confederate Army
as a private in 1861 and served throughout the war, the last year
on the staffs of Brigadier Generals Wright and Mackall; moved to
Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn., in 1865 to practice law, but was
employed as a deputy clerk in the chancery clerkâs office for
five years; appointed clerk for a term of six years in 1870 and
served until December 31, 1875; elected as a Democrat to the
Forty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Samuel M. Fite; reelected to the Forty-fifth Congress and served
from December 14, 1875, to March 3, 1879; died in Lebanon, Tenn.,
March 28, 1879; interment in Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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