| 词条 | Parry Wayne Humphreys |
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|name = Parry Wayne Humphreys |image = |order = |district1 = 6th |state1 = Tennessee |term_start1 = March 4, 1813 |term_end1 = March 3, 1815 |predecessor1 = District created |successor1 = James B. Reynolds |office2 = Member of the Tennessee Senate |term2 = 1807 |office3 = Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives |term3 = 1805 |party = Democratic-Republican |birth_date = 1778 |birth_place = Staunton, Virginia |death_date = February 12, 1839 |death_place = Hernando, Mississippi |spouse = |children = |alma_mater = |profession = |religion = }} Parry Wayne Humphreys (1778 – February 12, 1839) was an American politician who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. BiographyHumphreys was born in Staunton, Virginia, but moved with his family to Kentucky in 1789, and later settled in Tennessee. After he finished preparatory studies, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1801. CareerHumphreys opened his practice in Nashville, Tennessee. He was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1805 and the Tennessee Senate in 1807. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Tennessee from 1807 to 1809 and a judge of the State judicial circuit from 1809 to 1813.[1] Elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress, Humphreys served from March 4, 1813 to March 3, 1815.[2] In 1817 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate. He again served as a judge on the State judicial circuit from 1818 to 1836. Humphreys County, Tennessee is named for him.[3] Humphreys moved to Hernando, Mississippi and engaged in banking there until his death. Personal life, death and legacyHumphreys had a son, West Hughes Humphreys, who served as a Confederate judge.[4] Humphreys died on February 12, 1839, at the age of 61. He was interred at Methodist Cemetery.[5] His granddaughter Annie married John W. Morton, who served as a captain in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War and the founder of the Nashville chapter of the Ku Klux Klan.[6] References1. ^{{cite web|title=Parry Wayne Humphreys|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000962|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=10 February 2013}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Parry Wayne Humphreys|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/parry_humphreys/405806|publisher=Govtrack US Congress|accessdate=10 February 2013}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Parry Wayne Humphreys |url=http://www.planadmin.us/tschs/?q=node/11 |publisher=Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society |accessdate=10 February 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306054122/http://www.planadmin.us/tschs/?q=node%2F11 |archivedate=March 6, 2012 |df= }} 4. ^{{cite web|last1=Sturgis|first1=Amy H.|title=West H. Humphreys|url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=671|website=The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture|publisher=Tennessee Historical Society and the University of Tennessee Press|accessdate=September 28, 2016}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Parry Wayne Humphreys|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphreys.html#031.37.79|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=10 February 2013}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=John W. Morton Passes Away in Shelby|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/119557576/?terms=%22John%2BW.%2BMorton%22|accessdate=September 25, 2016|work=The Tennessean|date=November 21, 1914|pages=1–2|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes|quote=To Captain Morton came the peculiar distinction of having organized that branch of the Ku Klux Klan which operated in Nashville and the adjacent territory, but a more signal honor was his when he performed the ceremonies which initiated Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest into the mysterious ranks of the Ku Klux Klan.}} External links{{CongBio|H000962}}
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