Title: Judge J. F. Lauck Letter

Date/Date Range :   1868 August 26

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This letter from Judge J. F. Lauck of Gallatin, Tennessee, to Gov. W. G. Brownlow of Knoxville, Tennessee, expresses Lauck's dismay at the local Bar Association chapter trying to force him out of his chancellorship and replace him with Judge Barry on the grounds that he has no authority.

Call number: MS-3161

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Collection purchased by the UTK Special Collections Library in February 2007.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Judge J. F. Lauck Letter, MS-3161. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of one folder.

James F. Lauck was born October 10, 1830, in Brook County, Virginia, married Mary E. Harris on April 16, 1857, in Franklin, Kentucky, and had several children. After admission to the Bar in 1857, he commenced practice at Franklin. During the Civil War, he fought with the 33rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry as a Lieutenant Colonel and served in the Kentucky Legislature for two years. In 1865, Lauck moved to Gallatin, Tennessee, serving as clerk in the Tennessee House of Representatives and as Chancellor of the Seventh District in Tennessee. In 1868, he moved to Kansas, settling in Wichita three years later, and practiced law and farmed. Lauck died in Wichita, Kansas, on June 10 1896.

This letter from Judge J. F. Lauck of Gallatin, Tennessee, to Gov. W. G. Brownlow of Knoxville, Tennessee, expresses Lauck's dismay at the local Bar Association chapter trying to force him out of his chancellorship and replace him with Judge Barry on the grounds that he has no authority. Lauck states that the state government has proved his authority by "the Supreme Court having passed upon one of my decrees," and he asks "If by request or interchange, I should get another Chancellor to hold my Court, in what respect would his decrees be more valid or binding than decrees rendered by myself?"

• Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877.
• Gallatin (Tenn.) -- History.
• Judges -- Tennessee -- Correspondence.
• Tennessee -- History.