Spencer Jarnagin

Spencer Jarnagin (* 1792 in Grainger County, † June 25, 1853 in Memphis ) was an American politician (United States Whig Party ), who represented the state of Tennessee in the Senate.

Life

In 1813 he left the Greenville College, and after studying law he was admitted in 1817 as a lawyer. He was from 1833 to 1835 Member of the Senate of Tennessee. From 1836 to 1851 he was a member of the Board of Trustees of East Tennessee College, now the University of Tennessee. He continued his work as a lawyer in 1837 after moving to Athens continued. He was an elector of Whigkandidaten William Henry Harrison and John Tyler in the Electoral College in the presidential election in the United States in 1840.

In 1841 it was proposed by the Whigs after a Caucus in the Tennessee General Assembly as a senator. However, some of the Democrats in the General Assembly decided that no senator would be better as a Whig to hold the post. The known as "Immortal Thirteen " Democrats they refused; to allow a vote on this issue. Jarnagin was finally chosen after two and a half years as a senator, as almost half of the term of office had expired. Jarnagin had held the post of 17 October 1843 to 3 March 1847. During this time he was chairman of Committee on Revolutionary Claims. The Whigs beat him for a second term in 1847 before, but he was not elected, since apparently the Democrats, John Bell, another Whig, was supported more, the finally chosen as his successor. A later application Jarnagins a judge post on the Tennessee Supreme Court also failed. He moved to Memphis and continued his activities continued as a lawyer. After his death on 25 June 1853, he was buried at the Elmwood Cemetery urban.