Pryor Lea | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1831 | |
| Preceded by | John Alexander Cocke |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Dickens Arnold |
| United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee | |
| In office 1821–1828[1] | |
| Preceded by | John McCampbell |
| Succeeded by | John A. McKinney |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 31, 1794 Grainger County, Tennessee |
| Died | September 14, 1879 (aged 85) Goliad, Texas |
| Political party | Jacksonian |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Kennedy Lea Minerva Heard Lea Mary Perkins Lea |
| Relations | Luke Lea (uncle) Albert Lea (brother) Edward Lea (nephew) |
| Children | Abraham, Julia, Centhia, James |
| Alma mater | Tusculum College |
| Profession | Attorney, railroad entrepreneur |
Pryor Lea (August 31, 1794 – September 14, 1879) was an American politician and railroad entrepreneur who represented Tennessee's 2nd district in the United States House of Representatives from 1827 to 1831. He moved to Goliad, Texas, in the 1840s, where he engaged in railroad construction, and served in the Texas Senate. He was a delegate to the 1861 Texas convention that adopted the state's Ordinance of Secession on the eve of the Civil War.