Martin Beaty (October 8, 1784 – June 17, 1856) was aUnited States representative fromKentucky. He was born inAbingdon, Virginia. In his life, he worked as aniron furnace operator, asalt manufacturer, arancher, and afarmer. Beaty was aslaveowner.[1]
Beaty was a member of theKentucky Senate 1824–1828 and 1832. He served as apresidential elector forHenry Clay andJohn Sergeant in 1832 andWilliam Henry Harrison andFrancis Granger in 1836. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to theTwenty-first Congress in 1828, and to theTwenty-second Congress in 1830, but was elected as anAnti-Jacksonian to theTwenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to theTwenty-fourth Congress in 1834. After leaving Congress, he was a member of theKentucky House of Representatives, 1848. He died in 1856 inBelmont, Texas, where he was buried in Belmont Cemetery.
He was the great-grandfather ofFiddlin' John Carson
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