| LC control no. | nr 94022129 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | McMinn, Joseph, 1758-1824 |
| Variant(s) | McMinn, Joseph C., 1758-1824 M'Minn, Jos. (Joseph), 1758-1824 |
| See also | Tennessee. Governor (1815-1821 : McMinn) |
| Other standard no. | 61427718 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Hawkins County (Tenn.) |
| Birth date | 1758-06-22 |
| Death date | 1824-10-17 |
| Place of birth | Chester County (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Calhoun (Tenn.) |
| Field of activity | Tennessee--Politics and government--To 1865 |
| Affiliation | United States. Continental Army |
| Profession or occupation | Governors Justices of the peace Politicians |
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| Found in | United States. War Dept. Letter from the secretary of war, transmitting ... copies of letters from Joseph McMinn, deceased, late agent of Indian affairs, in the Cherokee Nation ... 1825. DAB (McMinn, Joseph; gov. of Tenn., 1815-20; member territorial legislature, Tenn. House, and Tenn. Senate; served as speaker of Tenn. Senate; U.S. agent to the Cherokees; elected governor 1815 and reelected 1817 and 1819, serving a total of 6 years; b. 6/22/1758; d. 11/17/1824) Tennessee. Governor (1815-1821 : McMinn). Tennessee. General Assembly. In Senate, February 7, 1818. Message from His Excellency the Governor, 1818: p. 1 (Governor of the State of Tennessee; Jos. M'Minn) Wikipedia August 4, 2023: (Joseph McMinn (June 22, 1758 - October 17, 1824) was an American politician who served as the fourth Governor of Tennessee from 1815 to 1821. A veteran of the American Revolution, he had previously served in the legislature of the Southwest Territory (1794-1796), and as Speaker of the Tennessee Senate (1805-1811). He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party. McMinn was born in West Marlborough Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and was one of ten children. Though raised as a Quaker, he joined the Continental Army during the American Revolution. In 1786, McMinn moved to Hawkins County, Tennessee, where he had purchased a farm. In 1792, Southwest Territory governor William Blount appointed McMinn justice of the peace for Hawkins County,[6] and McMinn represented Hawkins County in the territorial legislature from 1794 to 1796. Died: October 17, 1824 (aged 66) Calhoun, Tennessee.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McMinn> Findagrave.com August 4, 2023: (Joseph C. McMinn 22 June, 1758-17 Oct 1824) <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20138/joseph-c-mcminn> |
| Associated language | eng |
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