Romulus Zachariah Linney (December 26, 1841 – April 15, 1910) was an American politician who was a
Republican U.S. Congressman
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
from
North Carolina between 1895 and 1901.
Life and career
Linney was born in
Rutherford County, North Carolina
Rutherford County is a county in the southwestern area of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,444. Its county seat is Rutherfordton.
Rutherford County comprises the Forest City, NC Micropolitan St ...
, the son of Martha (''
née
A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...
'' Baxter) and William Coplin Linney. He attended common schools, York's Collegiate Institute, and Doctor Millen's School in
Taylorsville, North Carolina. During the
American Civil War, he served in the
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia as a private in Company A of the 7th North Carolina Infantry. He was seriously wounded at the
Battle of Chancellorsville.
After the war, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and studied law. Admitted to the bar in 1868, he opened a practice in Taylorsville. He was elected to the
North Carolina Senate in 1870, 1873, and 1882 and then to the
United States Congress in 1894, serving three terms in the
44th,
45th, and
46th Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901). While in the North Carolina Senate, Linney was a major proponent of the construction of the
Alexander Railroad, then known as the Statesville & Western Railroad.
["Alexander Railroad Company History", http://www.tarheelpress.com/junebug/history.html (visited Dec. 2009)]
Linney died in Taylorsville in 1910 and is buried in the Taylorsville Cemetery. He is the great-grandfather of playwright
Romulus Linney and great-great-grandfather of actress
Laura Linney
Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress. Having studied acting at Juilliard School (1986-1990), she became known for her complex and multilayered performances on stage and screen. She has received various accolades, ...
.
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1841 births
1910 deaths
People from Rutherford County, North Carolina
Republican Party North Carolina state senators
Confederate States Army soldiers
North Carolina lawyers
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
19th-century American legislators
People from Taylorsville, North Carolina
Linney family
19th-century American lawyers