LaFayette McMullen

LaFayette McMullen

Infobox_Governor
name=LaFayette McMullen


caption=
order=2nd
office=Territorial Governor of Washington
term_start=1857
term_end=1859
lieutenant=
predecessor=Isaac Stevens
successor=Richard D. Gholson
birth_date=birth date|1805|5|18|mf=y
birth_place=Estellville, Virginia, U.S.
death_date=death date and age|1880|11|8|1805|5|18|mf=y
death_place=Wytheville, Virginia, U.S.
party=Democrat
profession=Politician, Truck driver, Teamster, Banker
spouse=Mary Wood McMullen
religion=
footnotes=

LaFayette "Fayette" McMullen (May 18, 1805 – November 8, 1880) was a nineteenth century politician, driver, teamster and banker from the U.S. states of Virginia and Washington.

Born in Estellville, Virginia, McMullen attended private schools as a child. He was a Virginia driver and teamster before becoming a member of the Senate of Virginia in 1839, serving until,1849. He was elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1848, serving from 1849 to 1857. Their, McMullen served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy from 1851 to 1855 and chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings from 1855 to 1857. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1852 and 1856 and was appointed Territorial Governor of Washington in 1857, serving until 1859. McMullen was elected a Democrat to the Confederate House of Representatives in 1863, serving from 1864 until the crumble of the Confederacy in 1865. Afterwards, he engaged in agricultural and banking pursuits and unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Virginia in 1878. He died in a train accident on November 8, 1880 in Wytheville, Virginia and was interned in Round Hill Cemetery in Marion, Virginia.

Further reading

*cite book|author=Edmond S. Meany|title=Governors of Washington : territorial and state|publisher=University of Washington,|year=1915 [http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/publications_detail.aspx?p=30 Available online through the Washington State Library's Classics in Washington History collection]

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7476802 LaFayette McMullen] at Find A Grave
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillen-mcmullin.html#R9M0J6BO2 LaFayette McMullen] at The Political Graveyard


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