Lewis F. Linn

Lewis Fields Linn


United States Senator from Missouri
In office October 25, 1833 – October 3, 1843
Preceded by	Alexander Buckner
Succeeded by	David R. Atchison
Personal details
Born	(1796-11-05)November 5, 1796 Louisville, Kentucky
Died	October 3, 1843(1843-10-03) (aged 46) Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
Political party	Democratic

Lewis Fields Linn (November 5, 1796 – October 3, 1843) was a Jacksonian Democratic U.S. Senator for the state of Missouri born in Kentucky. He served in that role from 1833 to 1843. Four states have counties named after him: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Oregon.^[1] Linneus, Missouri, Linn, Missouri, West Linn, Oregon, and Linnton, Oregon were also named after the ex-senator.

Linn was the brother-in-law of James Hugh Relfe, half brother of Henry Dodge and uncle of his son Augustus C. Dodge.^[2] He was to support his nephew William Pope McArthur in his efforts to get Naval appointments as McArthur was to become the first surveyor the Pacific Coast.

Linn is interred at Ste. Genevieve Memorial Cemetery in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.^[3]

References

↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 187.
↑ http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10430.html
↑ Douglas C. McVarish (October 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ste. Genevieve Historic Distric" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2016. .

Lewis F. Linn at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

Lewis F. Linn at Find a Grave

United States Senate
Preceded by Alexander Buckner	U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Missouri 1833–1843 Served alongside: Thomas H. Benton	Succeeded by David R. Atchison

United States Senators from Missouri

Class 1	Benton Geyer Polk Henderson Schurz Cockrell Warner Reed Patterson Truman Briggs Kem Symington Danforth Ashcroft Carnahan Talent McCaskill

Class 3	Barton Buckner Linn Atchison Green Johnson Wilson Brown Drake Jewett Blair Bogy Armstrong Shields Vest Stone Wilfley Spencer Williams Hawes Clark Donnell Hennings Long Eagleton Bond Blunt

Chairmen of the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

Agriculture (1829–1857; 1863–1881)	Marks Seymour Brown Page P. Smith Mouton Linn Upham Sturgeon Soulé Allen (abolished 1857–1863) Sherman Cameron Morton Frelinghuysen Paddock Johnston

Agriculture and Forestry (1884–1977)	Miller Palmer Paddock George Proctor Hansbrough Dolliver Warren Burnham Gore Gronna Norris McNary E. Smith Thomas Capper Thomas Ellender Aiken Ellender Talmadge

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (1977–)	Talmadge Helms Leahy Lugar Harkin Lugar Harkin Cochran Chambliss Harkin Lincoln Stabenow Roberts

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 16289304 LCCN: n87837376 ISNI: 0000 0000 7391 4648 SUDOC: 18169364X US Congress: L000338

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