Balie Peyton
| Balie Peyton | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 6th district |
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In office March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
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| Preceded by | James K. Polk |
| Succeeded by | William B. Campbell |
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| Born | November 6, 1803 Gallatin, Tennessee |
| Died | August 18, 1878 (aged 74) Gallatin, Tennessee |
| Political party | Anti-Jacksonian |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Alexander Smith Peyton |
| Children |
Balie Peyton, Jr. Emily Peyton "Nan" Peyton |
Balie Peyton, Jr. Emily Peyton
Balie Peyton (November 6, 1803 – August 18, 1878) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Tennessee's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
Peyton was born near Gallatin, Tennessee on November 6, 1803. After his preparatory studies, he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practicing in Gallatin in 1824. He married Anne Alexander Smith.
Elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress and re-elected as a Hugh Lawson White Anti-Jacksonian supporter to the Twenty-fourth Congress, Peyton served from March 4, 1833 to March 3, 1837.
Peyton moved to New Orleans in 1841, having been appointed the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, a position he held for four years from 1841 to 1845. Family life for Peyton was shattered by the fatal illness of his thirty-four-year-old wife in New Orleans in 1845. Two years later, his youngest daughter, “Nan,” died at age seven when thrown from her pony. His oldest child and daughter, Emily, cared for her father from the time her mother died until Balie’s death. She never married.
Nationally known for the fine racehorses bred on his farm, Peyton had promoted and staged the Peyton Stake, a futurity race for colts and fillies dropped in the spring of 1839. Held at Nashville in 1843, the race attracted international attention because the purse was the largest that had ever been offered in America or Europe.
Peyton then served as an aide-de-camp on the staff of General W.J. Worth during the U.S.-Mexican War.
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