Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1831
Preceded by
John Alexander Cocke
Succeeded by
Thomas Dickens Arnold
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee
In office 1821–1828[1]
Preceded by
John McCampbell
Succeeded by
John A. McKinney
Personal details
Born
(1794-08-31)August 31, 1794 Grainger County, Tennessee
Died
September 14, 1879(1879-09-14) (aged 85) Goliad, Texas
Political party
Jacksonian
Spouse(s)
Maria Kennedy Lea Minerva Heard Lea Mary Perkins Lea
Relations
Luke Lea (uncle) Albert Lea (brother) Edward Lea (nephew)
Children
Abraham, Julia, Centhia, James
Alma mater
Tusculum College
Profession
Attorney, railroad entrepreneur
Pryor Lea (August 31, 1794 – September 14, 1879) was an American politician and railroad entrepreneur who represented Tennessee's 2nd district in the United States House of Representatives from 1827 to 1831. He moved to Goliad, Texas, in the 1840s, where he engaged in railroad construction, and served in the Texas Senate. He was a delegate to the 1861 Texas convention that adopted the state's Ordinance of Secession on the eve of the Civil War.
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