Laughlin, Samuel Hervey, 1796-1850.
Born in 1796 in Washington County, VA, Laughlin became a lawyer and newspaper editor and state senator in Tenn. He died in 1850 in Washington D.C.
From the description of Samuel H. Laughlin Collection, 1845. (East Tennessee State University). WorldCat record id: 33939834
Samuel Hervey Laughlin, editor, legislator, and politician, was born in Washington County, Virginia, 1 May 1796, and died in Washington, D.C., 5 May, 1850.
He practiced law in Murfreesboro, Tennessee (1815); was elected attorney general (1817); became a state senator (1838); twice editor of the NASHVILLE UNION (1835-1837; 1844-?); involved in Democratic politics as a member of the "Immortal Thirteen" and as a presidential elector to the 1840 national convention; appointed President James K. Polk's Recorder in the Grand Land office (1845).
From the description of Samuel Hervey Laughlin diary, 1845-1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122385818
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| referencedIn | Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849. Letter : Washington, D.C., to Samuel H. Laughlin, Nashville, Tenn., 1835 [i.e. 1836] Jan. 8. | University of Chicago Library | |
| referencedIn | Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849. Letter : Washington, D.C., to Samuel H. Laughlin, Nashville, Tenn., 1835 [i.e. 1836] Jan. 8. | Texas Christian University | |
| referencedIn | Donelson, Andrew Jackson, 1799-1871. Andrew Jackson Donelson family papers, 1799-1898. | Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA | |
| creatorOf | Laughlin, Samuel Hervey, 1796-1850. Papers : addition, 1937. | Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA | |
| creatorOf | Laughlin, Samuel Hervey, 1796-1850. Samuel H. Laughlin Collection, 1845. | East Tennessee State University, TET | |
| creatorOf | Laughlin, Samuel Hervey, 1796-1850. Samuel Hervey Laughlin diary, 1845-1847. | Emory University. Special Collections and Archives |
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| associatedWith | Donelson, Andrew Jackson, 1799-1871. | person |
| associatedWith | Duncan family. | family |
| associatedWith | Grundy, Felix. | person |
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| associatedWith | Jones, James C. (James Chamberlain), 1809-1859. | person |
| associatedWith | Laughlin family. | family |
| associatedWith | Laughlin, Samuel Houston. | person |
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| associatedWith | Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862. | person |
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Person
Birth 1796
Death 1850
