Joseph H. Acklen

Joseph Hayes Acklen (May 20, 1850 - September 28, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Acklen was educated by private tutors.He attended Burlington Military College, near Burlington, New Jersey, in 1864 and 1865, and was graduated from two foreign universities (&#xC9, andcole de Neuilly, Paris, and Swiss University, Vevay).He returned to the United States and was graduated from the Lebanon Law School, Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1871.He commenced the practice of law in Nashville and later practiced in Memphis, Tennessee. Abandoned the practice of law and moved to Louisiana to superintend his sugar plantations near Pattersonville (now Patterson), St. May Parish.He served as colonel in the Louisiana Militia in 1876.He successfully contested as a Democrat the election of Chester B. Darrall to the Forty-fifth Congress.He was reelected to the Forty-sixth Congress and served from February 20, 1878, to March 3, 1881.He was not a candidate for renomination in 1880.He resumed the practice of law at Franklin, Louisiana.He declined to accept the position of judge of the Federal district court of Louisiana tendered by President Hayes in 1880.He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.He returned to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1885 and continued the practice of law.He served as chairman of the Davidson County Democratic executive committee 1886-1894.He served as member of the Nashville City Council 1900-1904.He served as president of the State bar association in 1901 and 1902.He served as general insurance counsel of Tennessee 1903-1907. State warden of the department of game, fish, and forestry 1903-1913.He served as general counsel of the National Association of Game and Fish Commissioners of the United States 1905-1912, when elected president. Middle Tennessee counsel of the St. Louis &amp. San Francisco Railroad 1907-1911. Chief game warden of the United States in 1913 and 1914.He was author of numerous articles on ornithology, fish culture, forestry, and field sports.He served as chairman of the State central committee on the constitutional convention 1923-1927.He died in Nashville, Tennessee, September 28, 1938.He was interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

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