John Blair

Jacksonian Representative of Tennessee's 1st district

Congresses Served

House Terms

September 13, 1790 (72 years old)

Birthday

July 9, 1863

Death

Was a slave owner and served as a politician representing Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Born in the Southwest Territory near Jonesborough and was the son of John Blair, Jr.
Attended Martin Academy and graduated from Washington College in Tennessee in 1809.
Studied law, admitted to the bar in 1813, and began practicing law.
Served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1815 to 1817 and in the Tennessee Senate from 1817 to 1821.
Elected as a Jacksonian Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and re-elected to the Nineteenth through Twenty-third Congresses, serving from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1835.
During the Twentieth Congress, he was the chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department.
Was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election to the Twenty-fourth Congress in 1834.
Returned to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1849 and 1850 and resumed practicing law.
Died in Jonesboro, Tennessee, and is interred at Old Cemetery in Jonesboro.