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Luke Lea (representative)

Luke Lea
Secretary of State of Tennessee
In office
1837–1839
Preceded by Samuel G. Smith
Succeeded by John S. Young
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837
Preceded by James I. Standifer
Succeeded by Joseph L. Williams
Personal details
Born January 21, 1783
Surry County, North Carolina
Died June 17, 1851 (aged 68)
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Political party

Jacksonian Democrat

Whig Anti-Jacksonian
Spouse(s) Susan Wells McCormick Lea
Children James Armstrong Lea
John McCormick Lea
Francis Wells Lea
William Park Lea
Ann R. Lea
Susan Jane Lea
Lavinia Lea
Margaret Lea
Luke Lea, Jr.

Jacksonian Democrat

Luke Lea (January 21, 1783 – June 17, 1851) was a two-term United States Representative from Tennessee.

Lea was born in Surry County, North Carolina, the son of the Reverend Luke and Elisabeth Wilson Lea. He moved with his parents in 1790 into what would become Hawkins County, Tennessee. He attended the common school, and as a young man he was a clerk for the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1804-06. He married Susan Wells McCormick on February 28, 1816, and they had nine children. He was also the great-grandfather of Luke Lea, founder of the Nashville Tennessean newspaper and a U.S. Senator from Tennessee from 1911-17.

After commanding a regiment under General Andrew Jackson in the Seminole and Creek War of 1818, Lee then moved to Campbells Station, Tennessee, in Knox County. He was elected as a Jacksonian to the 23rd Congress and re-elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the 24th Congress. He served from March 4, 1833 to March 3, 1837.

He changed parties for his second term from Democratic to Whig. He then served as Tennessee Secretary of State from 1837-39.


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