Background
Heiskell, Samuel G. was born on August 7, 1858 in Monroe Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of William and Julia Josephine (Gahagan) Heiskell.
Heiskell, Samuel G. was born on August 7, 1858 in Monroe Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of William and Julia Josephine (Gahagan) Heiskell.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Tennessee, 1877.
Practiced at Knoxville, Tennessee, since 1880. Member Board of Aldermen, 1882, city attorney, 1884. Member Tennessee House of Representatives, 1895 (chairman judiciary committee).
Author of bill establishing Court of Chancery Appeals in Tennessee (now Court of Civ.
Appeals); mayor of Knoxville, 5 terms (12 years), last term expiring 1915. Member Board of Education (president 1915-1917).
President State Asylum for the Insane. Chairman Democratic State Committee, Tennessee.
Democratic presidential elector, 1884.
Trustee Hermitage Association (having charge of Andrew Jackson’s old home), since 1896(president of the board since 1916).
Member Board of Aldermen, 1882, city attorney Member Tenn; member Board of Education.
Married Irene Kuhn, 1897.