Landon Carter Haynes

Landon Carter Haynes
Haynes, from a portrait by Samuel Shaver
Confederate States Senator from Tennessee
In office February 18, 1862 – May 10, 1865
Preceded by	(none)
Succeeded by	(none)
Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives
In office 1849 – 1851
Preceded by	Brookins Campbell
Succeeded by	Jordan Stokes
Personal details
Born	(1816-12-02)December 2, 1816 Elizabethton, Tennessee, United States
Died	February 17, 1875(1875-02-17) (aged 58) Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Resting place	Jackson Cemetery Jackson, Tennessee
Political party	Democratic
Relations	Nathaniel G. Taylor (brother-in-law) Alfred A. Taylor (nephew) Robert Love Taylor (nephew)
Residence	Tipton-Haynes Place
Alma mater	Washington College
Profession	Attorney
Religion	Methodist

Landon Carter Haynes (December 2, 1816 – February 17, 1875) was an American attorney, politician, and newspaper editor, who represented Tennessee in the Confederate States Senate during the Civil War. He also served several terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives, including one term as Speaker (1849–1851). In the early 1840s, Haynes worked as editor of the Jonesborough-based newspaper, Tennessee Sentinel, garnering regional fame for his frequent clashes with rival editor, William "Parson" Brownlow.

Following the Civil War, Haynes moved to Memphis, where he practiced law. His farm near Johnson City, the Tipton-Haynes Place, is now a state historic site.

Haynes was born near Elizabethton, Tennessee, the eldest child of David Haynes, a land speculator, and Rhoda (Taylor) Haynes. He attended the Anderson School in Carter County, and graduated from Washington College near Jonesborough in 1838. Returning to Elizabethton, he read law with T.A.R. Nelson. When Nelson moved to Jonesborough in 1840, Haynes followed him to continue his study of law. He was admitted to the bar in late 1840.

While still in Elizabethton, Haynes began to quarrel with William G. "Parson" Brownlow, a former circuit rider who had left the ministry in 1839 to publish and edit the Whig, a radically pro-Whig newspaper (ironically, he had been encouraged to establish this paper by Haynes's mentor, Nelson). In March 1840, Brownlow accused Haynes of an assassination attempt after an unknown assailant fired two shots at him; Haynes suggested Brownlow fabricated the entire incident. A few weeks later, Brownlow attacked Haynes with a cane, igniting a brawl that ended with Haynes drawing a pistol and shooting Brownlow in the thigh.