Horace Maynard
| Horace Maynard | |
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| 28th United States Postmaster General | |
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In office June 2, 1880 – March 4, 1881 |
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| President | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Preceded by | David M. Key |
| Succeeded by | Thomas L. James |
| United States Minister to the Ottoman Empire | |
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In office 1875–1880 |
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| Preceded by | George H. Boker |
| Succeeded by | James Longstreet |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's At-large district | |
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In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
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| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | End of office |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 2nd district | |
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In office July 24, 1866 – March 3, 1873 |
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| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh |
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In office March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863 |
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| Preceded by | William H. Sneed |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 30, 1814 Westborough, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | May 3, 1882 (aged 67) Knoxville, Tennessee, US |
| Resting place |
Old Gray Cemetery Knoxville, Tennessee, USA |
| Political party | Whig, Know-Nothing, Opposition, Unionist, Unconditional Unionist, Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Laura Ann Washburn |
| Parents | Ephraim and Diana Cogswell Maynard |
| Alma mater | Amherst College |
| Profession | Lawyer, Politician, Professor |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Horace Maynard (August 30, 1814 – May 3, 1882) was an American educator, attorney, politician and diplomat active primarily in the second half of the 19th century. Initially elected to the House of Representatives from Tennessee's 2nd Congressional District in 1857, Maynard, an ardent Union supporter, became one of the few Southern congressmen to maintain his seat in the House during the Civil War. Toward the end of the war, Maynard served as Tennessee's attorney general under Governor Andrew Johnson, and later served as ambassador to Turkey under President Ulysses S. Grant and Postmaster General under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
Maynard left his teaching position at East Tennessee College in the early 1840s to pursue a career in law, and quickly developed a reputation among his peers for his reasoning ability and biting sarcastic style. He spent much of his first two terms in Congress fighting to preserve the Union, and during the Civil War he consistently urged President Abraham Lincoln to send Union forces to free East Tennessee from its Confederate occupiers. Maynard returned to Congress after the war, but being a Republican in a Democrat-controlled state, he struggled in statewide elections.
Born in Westborough, Massachusetts, Maynard was educated at Millbury Academy and later at Amherst College. When Maynard entered Amherst, he puzzled his classmates by placing a "V" above his door, the meaning of which was revealed in 1838 when Maynard was named valedictorian of his graduating class. In 1839, he moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, where he accepted a position as a professor at East Tennessee College (now the University of Tennessee). He initially taught in the university's preparatory (high school) department, but in 1841 he became a college-level teacher of mathematics and ancient languages.
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