John Rhea

For the Kentucky politician, see John Stockdale Rhea.

John Angus Rhea
John Rhea
Bornc. 1753
County Londonderry, Kingdom of Ireland
DiedMay 27, 1832(1832-05-27) (aged 78–79)
Blountville, Tennessee, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Known forUnited States Congress
Rhea County, Tennessee

John Rhea (pronounced ray /reɪ/[1]) (c. 1753 – May 27, 1832) was an American soldier and politician of the early 19th century who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. Rhea County, Tennessee and Rheatown, a community and former city in Greene County, Tennessee is named for him.

Early years

Rhea was born in the parish of Langhorn, County Londonderry in the Kingdom of Ireland. His family immigrated to Pennsylvania when he was 16, settling in Philadelphia. His father, Rev. Joseph Rhea, a Presbyterian minister, moved the family to Piney Creek, Maryland in 1771. They moved again in 1778 to what is now eastern Tennessee (then in North Carolina). Rhea completed his preparatory studies in 1780, and entered Princeton College.

Career

He served in the Patriot militia that defeated a loyalist force at the Battle of Kings Mountain in October 1780.

Rhea became clerk of the Sullivan County Court in the proposed State of Franklin, and subsequently in North Carolina, from 1785 to 1790. He was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons, and served as a delegate from Sullivan County to the Fayetteville Convention that ratified the Federal Constitution in 1789. He then studied law and was admitted to bar in 1789. In 1796, he was a delegate to the constitutional convention of Tennessee and also the attorney general of Greene County. At the same time he was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for two years.[2]

Rhea was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth Congress and the five succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1803 until March 3, 1815. During the Tenth through the Thirteenth Congress, he was the chairman of the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads. He was a member of the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary War Claims during the Fifteenth Congress through the Seventeenth Congress.

He was appointed United States commissioner to treat with the Choctaw Nation in 1816. Afterward, he again became a U.S. Representative, serving from March 4, 1817 until March 3, 1823 in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Congresses. He was actively connected with higher education in Tennessee, serving as one of the founders of Blount College, which later became the University of Tennessee.[3] He retired from active pursuits and resided on Rhea plantation near Blountville, Sullivan County, Tennessee, where he died on May 27, 1832. He was interred in Blountville Cemetery.

Rhea County, Tennessee was named in his honor.

References

  1. ^ Rhea, Joseph C. (1969). Ray-Rhea: A Family Book of History and Genealogy for Rhea and Related Families. Naperville, IL?: self-published. pp. 1–2. Retrieved November 7, 2022. In pronunciation... the modern Ra (as in ray of sunshine). [...] The spelling of the surname has also varied greatly. Early English, Scot, and Irish records include the following variations: Rea, Rae, Ra, Reah, Rhae, Rah, Ray, Rayh, Reay, Raye, Reaugh, Rheaugh, Reagh, Reahgh, Rhey, Rhay, Reeh, Rhee, Rhe, Wray, Wrea, and Rhea. The Ray spelling is the most common one in the 18th century records.
  2. ^ "Minutes of the North Carolina Constitutional Convention at Fayetteville". Documenting the South. 1789. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  3. ^ Caneta Skelley Hankins, "John Rhea," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
District created
 U.S. Representative from Tennessee
1803–1815 		Succeeded by
District inactive
Preceded by U.S. Representative from Tennessee
1817–1823 		Succeeded by

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