Joseph Hopkins Peyton
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Biography
Born on May 20, 1808, in Gallatin, Tennessee, Peyton accomplished preparatory studies and graduated from college in 1837. He studied and practiced medicine. He was the brother of Balie Peyton.[1] He married Mary Elizabeth Hatton in 1841. They had two children before she died in November 1812.[2]
Career
Peyton held various local offices and was elected as a member of the Tennessee Senate in 1840. He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses. He served from March 4, 1843, until his death on November 11, 1845.[3]
Death
Peyton died on November 11, 1845, near Gallatin, Tennessee, and is interred at the family burying ground near Gallatin.[4]
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- 1808 births
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- Tennessee state senators
- Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee
- People from Gallatin, Tennessee
- 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
- 19th-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly