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Acklen, Joseph Hayes

lawyer, legislator, was born May 20, 1850, in Nashville, Tenn., the eldest son of Joseph A. S. Acklen and Adelicia Hayes. He was educated during early life by private tutor, subsequently at Burlington college, New Jersey. He graduated in two foreign universities, acquiring a thorough knowledge of both German and French; and finally graduated from the law school of Lebanon, Tenn. Since 1871 he has been actively engaged in the practice of law. He was elected as a democrat and served in the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth congresses from the Third district of Louisiana. In 1884 he returned to Nashville, where he has successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. His writings and speeches on political questions have attracted widespread attention.