| LC control no. | n 90628834 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lea, Pryor, 1794-1879 |
| See also | Graduate of: Tusculum College Trustee of: University of Mississippi |
| Other standard no. | 33616280 Q1255439 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Knoxville (Tenn.) Jackson (Miss.) |
| Birth date | 1794-08-31 |
| Death date | 1879-09-14 |
| Place of birth | Grainger County (Tenn.) |
| Place of death | Goliad (Tex.) |
| Field of activity | United States--Politics and government--1815-1861 Practice of law Railroads |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House |
| Profession or occupation | Politicians Legislators Lawyers Businessmen |
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| Found in | His Speech of Mr. Pryor Lea, of Tennessee, on the bill proposing to construct a national road from Buffalo to New Orleans, 1830. nuc89-32883: His Circular concerning the Aransas Road Company [MI] 1858 (hdg. on LCP rept.: Lea, Pryor; usage: Pryor Lea) LCCN CA 7-7244: Aransas Road Company. Circular concerning the Aransas ... 1858 (hdg.: Lea, Pryor) Bio. dir. of the Amer. Congress, 1961 (Lea, Pryor; representative from Tenn.; grad. Greenville College; lawyer in Knoxville, Tenn.; served in Creek War; U.S. attorney for Tenn.; moved to Jackson, Miss. and then to Goliad, Tex.; engaged in railroad building and management; b. 8/31/1794; d. 9/14/1879) Wikipedia September 18, 2023: (Pryor Lea (August 31, 1794 - September 14, 1879) was an American politician and railroad entrepreneur who represented Tennessee's 2nd district in the United States House of Representatives from 1827 to 1831. He moved to Goliad, Texas, in the 1840s, where he engaged in railroad construction, and served in the Texas Senate. Lea was born in what is now Grainger County, Tennessee... He attended the former Greeneville College (now Tusculum College), after which he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1817, and began practicing in Knoxville. Lea moved to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1836. He then moved to Goliad, Texas, in 1846, to promote railroad construction. Lea was a founding trustee of the University of Mississippi. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 2nd district, in office: March 4, 1827 - March 4, 1831.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pryor_Lea> |
| Associated language | eng |
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