Editing Romulus Z. Linney

{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Romulus Zachariah Linney
| image name=Romulus Zachariah Linney.jpeg
| state1=[[North Carolina]]
| district1=[[North Carolina's 8th congressional district|8th]]
| party=[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| term_start1=March 4, 1895
| term_end1=March 3, 1901
| preceded1=[[William H. Bower]]
| succeeded1=[[Edmund Spencer Blackburn]]
| office2=Member of the [[North Carolina Senate]]
| term2=1870<br>1873<br>1882
| birth_date={{birth date|1841|12|26}}
| birth_place=[[Rutherford County, North Carolina]], U.S.
| death_date={{death date and age|1910|04|15|1841|12|26}}
| death_place={{nowrap|[[Taylorsville, North Carolina]], U.S.}}
| spouse=
| religion=
| occupation= 
| residence= 
| alma_mater=
|allegiance={{Flag|Confederate States of America}}
|branch={{army|CSA}}
|unit={{flagdeco|North Carolina|1861}} [[7th North Carolina Infantry]]
|rank=Private
|battles=[[American Civil War]]
*[[Battle of Chancellorsville]]{{WIA}}
}}
'''Romulus Zachariah Linney''' (December 26, 1841 – April 15, 1910) was an American politician who was a [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Congressman]] from [[North Carolina]] between 1895 and 1901.

==Life and career==
Linney was born in [[Rutherford County, North Carolina]], the son of Martha (''[[née]]'' Baxter) and William Coplin Linney. He attended common schools, York's Collegiate Institute, and Doctor Millen's School in [[Taylorsville, North Carolina]]. During the [[American Civil War]], he served in the [[Confederate Army|Confederate]] [[Army of Northern Virginia]] as a private in Company A of the 7th North Carolina Infantry. He was seriously wounded at the [[Battle of Chancellorsville]].

After the war, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and studied law. Admitted to the bar in 1868, he opened a practice in Taylorsville. He was elected to the [[North Carolina Senate]] in 1870, 1873, and 1882 and then to the [[United States Congress]] in 1894, serving three terms in the [[44th United States Congress|44th]], [[45th United States Congress|45th]], and [[46th United States Congress|46th]] Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901). While in the North Carolina Senate, Linney was a major proponent of the construction of the [[Alexander Railroad]], then known as the Statesville & Western Railroad.<ref>"Alexander Railroad Company History", http://www.tarheelpress.com/junebug/history.html (visited Dec. 2009)</ref>

Linney died in Taylorsville in 1910 and is buried in the Taylorsville Cemetery.  He is the great-grandfather of playwright [[Romulus Linney (playwright)|Romulus Linney]] and great-great-grandfather of actress [[Laura Linney]].

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| state=North Carolina
| district=8
| before=[[William H. Bower]]
| years=1895–1901
| after=[[E. Spencer Blackburn]]
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