Lewis F. Linn

Lewis Fields 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
Member of the Missouri Senate
	In office; 1827
Personal details
Born	November 5, 1796; Louisville, Kentucky
Died	October 3, 1843 (aged 46); Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
Political party	Democratic

Lewis Fields Linn (November 5, 1796 – October 3, 1843) was a physician and politician who represented his home state of Missouri in the United States Senate from 1833 to his death.

Early life

Linn was born near Louisville, Kentucky, on November 5, 1796. He received a meager academic education because of the deaths of his parents. He was raised by his older half-brother, Henry Dodge and began studying medicine in Louisville. During the War of 1812 he served as a surgeon with troops commanded by Henry Dodge, though he was still a teenager; after the war he completed his studies at Philadelphia Medical College in 1816. Linn is among the hundreds of members of Congress who were slaveowners.^[1]

Career

Linn was admitted to practice as a medical doctor and subsequently relocated to Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Early in his career he earned recognition for his major role in combating two cholera epidemics.

He served in the Missouri Senate in 1827. In 1832 he was appointed to the state commission which settled land claims based on grants made by the government of France prior to the Missouri Territory becoming part of the United States.

In 1833 Linn was elected to the United States Senate as a Jacksonian, filling the vacancy created by the death of Alexander Buckner. He was reelected as a Democrat in 1836 and 1842, and served from October 25, 1833, until his death. During his Senate career Linn was chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims from 1835 to 1841 (Twenty-fourth through Twenty-sixth Congresses), and the Committee on Agriculture from 1841 to 1843 (Twenty-seventh Congress).

Death and burial

Linn died in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri on October 3, 1843. He was buried at Ste. Genevieve Memorial Cemetery.^[2]

Legacy

Four states have counties named after him: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Oregon.^[3]

The towns of Linneus, Missouri, Linn, Missouri, West Linn, Oregon, and Linnton, Oregon, were also named in Linn's honor.

Family

Linn was the brother-in-law of James Hugh Relfe, half-brother of Henry Dodge and uncle of Henry's son Augustus C. Dodge.^[4] He was the uncle of William Pope McArthur, a United States Navy officer who was notable for his surveys of the Pacific Coast.

References

^ Zauzmer, Julie. "Who owned slaves in Congress? A list of 1,800 enslavers in Senate, House history". Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
^ Douglas C. McVarish (October 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ste. Genevieve Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 187.
^ "The Political Graveyard: Doty-Martin family of Salem and Martinsburg, New York".

External links

United States Congress. "Lewis F. Linn (id: L000338)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Lewis F. Linn at Find a Grave

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

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[1] Zauzmer, Julie. "Who owned slaves in Congress? A list of 1,800 enslavers in Senate, House history". Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-06-11.

[hdnom-2] Douglas C. McVarish (October 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ste. Genevieve Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2016.

[3] Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 187.

[4] "The Political Graveyard: Doty-Martin family of Salem and Martinsburg, New York".

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v t e 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 Hawley
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 Schmitt

v t e Chairs 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 Stabenow

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