Spencer Jarnagin [SEP] position held
Spencer Jarnagin
Spencer Jarnagin (1792June 25, 1853) was a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1843 to 1847.
Life and career.
Jarnagin was born in what was shortly to become Grainger County, Tennessee. He graduated from Greenville College in 1813 and after the study of law was admitted to the bar in 1817. He served in the Tennessee State Senate from 1833 to 1835. From 1836 to 1851 he served on the Board of Trustees for East Tennessee College, now the University of Tennessee. He continued
nominee Clay narrowly capture the state's electoral votes over Polk in the 1844 presidential election, although Polk won the election.
Senate.
In 1847, Bell returned to politics, being elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives. He was offered the house speakership but declined. Shortly afterward, the legislature, now controlled by Whigs, took up the task of filling one of the state's two U.S. Senate seats. The seat was held by a Whig, Spencer Jarnagin, who had angered the party by voting for the