Marc Huehn – The Southern Politician
Marc Huehn came from a family of plantation owners that settled in Columbus, Georgia in the early part of 18th century. Mr Huehn was born to parents who had adapted an ostentatious lifestyle which severely affected the Huehn family’s wealth. Coupled by their chronic habit of mismanaging the family’s plantation and finances, Marc Huehn and his parents became dependent on their relatives. At the age of 15, the Huehn’s only heir was adopted by his uncle in Atlanta.
In the succeeding years, Marc Huehn finished law and immediately sought a position in the government. He later married the ambitious and unprincipled daughter of one of the plantation owners in Georgia who had driven his ambition to occupy an important post in the government. With weak moral backbone and character, Marc easily rose up the ladder of the Southern politics through frequent bribes to local politicians.
Before Georgia ceded from the Union, Marc Huehn became a prominent member of the pro-slavery extremists of the South – the Fire Eaters. Mr Huehn rhetorical defense of the slavery institution and his public condemnation of the Northern views on slavery made him popular overnight. Marc was noted for his strong support of John Calhoun, then the leader of the Southern politicians, and was a member of the diplomatic delegation that sought European recognition of the South’s Independence. He died during the Civil War at the age of 41.