Lea, Luke, 1783-1851

LC control no.	no2007155840
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Lea, Luke, 1783-1851 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Lea, Mr. (Luke), 1783-1851
Other standard no.	39172437 Q1877053
Associated country	United States
Associated place	Hawkins County (Tenn.) Knox County (Tenn.)
Birth date	1783-01-21
Death date	1851-06-17
Place of birth	Surry County (N.C.)
Place of death	Fort Leavenworth (Kan.)
Field of activity	United States--Politics and government--1829-1837 Tennessee--Politics and government--To 1865
Affiliation	United States. Congress. House Tennessee. Department of State National Republican Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Legislators Politicians Secretaries of State (State governments)
Found in	Elijah Barden. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 876.), 1837: p. 1 (Mr. Lea, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong., 1774-1989, 1989 (Lea, Luke (great-grandfather of Luke Lea [1879-1945]); a Representative from Tenn.; b. Jan. 21, 1783; d. June 17, 1851) Wikipedia September 14, 2023: (Lea was born in Surry County, North Carolina... He moved with his parents in 1790 into what would become Hawkins County, Tennessee. After commanding a regiment under General Andrew Jackson in the Seminole and Creek War of 1818, Lee then moved to Campbells Station, Knox County, Tennessee. He was elected as a Jacksonian to the 23rd Congress and re-elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the 24th Congress. He served from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1837. He changed parties for his second term from Jacksonian to National Republican. He then served as Tennessee Secretary of State from 1837 to 1839. Thrown from his horse on his way back to his residence near Fort Leavenworth, Lea died on June 17, 1851, at age 68.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Lea_(American_politician,_born_1783)>
Associated language	eng