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Reagan, John Henninger

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, United States senator, was born Oct. 8, 1818, in Sevier county, Tenn. He was appointed deputy surveyor in the republic of Texas in 1840; and in 1843 was a justice of the peace, and a militia captain. In 1846 he was probate judge and colonel of militia; and was elected a member of the legislature in 1847. He was a judge of the district court from 1852 to 1857; and in 1856 was elected a member of the thirty-fifth congress. He was re-elected to the thirty-sixth congress; withdrew in February, 1861, and became postmastergeneral of the confederate government. He was elected to the forty-fourth/congress as a representative from Texas, and was re-elected to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth and forty-ninth congresses as a democrat; and became a United States senator in 1887.