Talk:John H. Reagan

Succession boxes wrong
Whoever added the succession boxes says his first service in Congress began in 1829. Reagan was eleven that year. PedanticallySpeaking 16:33, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * I've corrected the dates using info from United States House of Representatives, Texas District 1. -JCarriker 14:09, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

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Place of birth
It's been a few years, but as I remember Gatlinburg is at the SW end of Wear's Valley. Sevierville is at the NE end. They are not the same town, or even adjacent. The list of communities includes Reagantown, which was quite possibly named after John Henninger Reagan, since he is our only listed "notable person." I won't assume he was born there, but I DO intend to change his place of birth to Sevier County until someone cites evidence for one town or the other. Rags (talk) 08:35, 14 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Gatlinburg and Sevierville are not in Wears Valley, but they're certainly not the same town or even adjacent, so "Sevier County" is probably best. Iirc, Reagan was born in Gatlinburg, though it was called White Oak Flats at the time.  I'll check sources when I get home.  "Reagan" is like "Jones" in Sevier County, so Reagantown isn't necessarily named for John H.  Bms4880 (talk) 15:27, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Common name
Regarding the move of this page, John H. Reagan (60%) and John Reagan (32%) are the only iterations of Reagan's name that constitute over 5% of references to him on newspapers.com in Texas from 1850 to 1910. Star Garnet (talk) 17:29, 16 June 2023 (UTC)