Haywood Yancey Riddle was an American

United States

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 politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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 for the 4th congressional district

Tennessee's 4th congressional district

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 of Tennessee

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. He was born on June 20, 1834 in Van Buren, Tennessee in Hardeman County. He completed preparatory studies and graduated from Union University

Union University

Union University is a private, evangelical Christian, liberal arts university located in Jackson, Tennessee, with additional campuses in Germantown, Tennessee, and Hendersonville, Tennessee...

 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee

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 in 1854. He was an adjunct professor of mathematics and languages at that institution. He graduated from Cumberland School of Law

Cumberland School of Law

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 at Cumberland University

Cumberland University

Cumberland University is a private university in Lebanon, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in 1842, though the current campus buildings were constructed between 1892 and 1896.-History:...

 in Lebanon, Tennessee

Lebanon, Tennessee

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 in 1857 and was admitted to the bar

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 in Ripley, Mississippi

Ripley, Mississippi

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 the same year.

He moved to Smith County, Tennessee in 1858 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private in 1861 and served throughout the war. In the last year, he was on the staffs of Brigadier General

Brigadier General

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s Wright

Ambrose R. Wright

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 and Mackall. He moved to Lebanon, Tennessee in Wilson County in 1865 to practice law, but he was employed as a deputy clerk in the chancery clerk's office for five years. He was appointed clerk for a term of six years in 1870 and served until December 20, 1875.

He was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Forty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel M. Fite. He was re-elected to the Forty-fifth Congress and served from December 14, 1875 to March 3, 1879. He died in Lebanon, Tennessee on March 28, 1879. He was interred

Burial

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in Cedar Grove Cemetery.

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