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James Luther Slayden : ウィキペディア英語版 | James Luther Slayden James Luther Slayden (1 June 1853 – 1924), was a cotton merchant and rancher, and a politician, elected from San Antonio to United States House of Representative from Texas' 12th congressional district, serving 1897-1903. (In 1900 he was temporarily redistricted to the newly organized 14th congressional district, including Galveston and extending south along the coast.) He supported the development of railroads in the state, as well as making San Antonio a United States military center. Slayden was also active in the peace movement and, in 1910, was appointed by Andrew Carnegie, an industrialist and philanthropist, as one of the original trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. ==Early life and education== James Luther Slayden was born in 1853 to Thomas A. and Letitia E. (Beadles) Slayden in Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky. He had several siblings and was tutored at home. After his father died in 1869, he moved with his mother to New Orleans, Louisiana. He worked there for two years before attending Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia. He was a member of St. Anthony Hall.
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