Joseph H. Peyton, Congressman

by Jay Guy Cisco
From Historic Sumner County, Tennessee, 1909

Retyped for the page by Diane Payne and Danene Vincent

Joseph H. PEYTON was born in Sumner County in 1813. He received a liberal education, studied medicine and practiced for a short time, then entered the political field. He held various local offices, and in 1841 was elected State Senator. In 1843 he was elected a member of Congress as a Whig. Was reelected in 1845, and died November 12 of the same year.


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