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BIOGRAPHIES Washington County Arkansas Genealogy Trails
1888-1960 Lee
A. Seamster of Fayetteville, Washington County, Ark. was born in
Benton County, Ark. in 1888. He was a Democrat, a lawyer and a member
of Arkansas state house of representatives, 1914-20, 1947-48. He was a
delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Arkansas in 1948.
He was chief justice of Arkansas state supreme court,
1955-56. He died in 1960. 1797-1847 Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present. Archibald Yell, a Representative from Arkansas; born in North Carolina in 1797; moved to Tennessee in his youth and settled in Bedford County; took part in the Creek campaign; participated in the War of 1812 and served under General Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans; studied law; was admitted to the bar of Tennessee and commenced practice in Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tenn., and continued until 1832; declined the governorship of the Territory of Florida; appointed judge of the Territory of Arkansas by President Jackson in 1832, with residence at Fayetteville, Ark., and served until 1835; upon the admission of Arkansas as a State into the Union was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress; reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress and served from August 1, 1836 to March 3, 1839; Governor of Arkansas 1840-1844; resigned in 1844; elected to the Twenty-ninth Congress and served from March 4, 1845 to July 1, 1846, when he resigned to take part in the Mexican War; served as colonel of the First Regiment, Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry, and was killed in the Battle of Buena Vista February 22, 1847; interment in Fayetteville Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark. ©2006-2007 Arkansas Genealogy Trails |