What key details about polk laffoon can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: james knox polk laffoon -lrb- october 24 , 1844 -- october 22 , 1906 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from kentucky . born near madisonville , kentucky , laffoon attended the local schools . in september 1861 , during the civil war , he enlisted in the confederate states army in company f , 8th kentucky infantry , at the age of 17 . elected a lieutenant , lafoon was captured at the battle of fort donelson on february 16 , 1862 , and was held a prisoner of war at camp morton , at indianapolis , indiana . he was exchanged at vicksburg in september 1862 and was discharged at knoxville , tennessee . he next enlisted in adam rankin johnson 's 10th kentucky cavalry regiment and again was made a lieutenant . he was captured at cheshire , ohio in july 1863 , during john hunt morgan 's raid north of the ohio river , and spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner of war . released at the war 's end in 1865 , lafoon taught school for two years . he then studied law , and was admitted to the bar in 1867 , practicing in madisonville . he served as the prosecuting attorney for hopkins county . laffoon was elected as a democrat to the forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses -lrb- march 4 , 1885 -- march 3 , 1889 -rrb- . he served as chairman of the committee on expenditures in the department of war -lrb- fiftieth congress -rrb- . he did not seek reelection in 1888 . lafoon resumed his law practice in madisonville , dying there on october 22 , 1906 . he was interred in the odd fellows cemetery at madisonville .
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- party is democrat- predecessor is james franklin clay- birth date is 24 october 1844- branch is 20px confederate states army- relations is ruby laffoon -lrb- nephew -rrb-- profession is lawyer- alt is a black hair wearing a white , high-necked shirt , black man vest , and black jacket in his early forties with receding ,- death date is 22 october 1906- district is 2nd- term end is march 3 , 1889- unit is kentucky 8th kentucky infantry- name is polk laffoon- death place is madisonville , kentucky- birth place is madisonville , kentucky- signature is polk-laffoon-sig . jpg- successor is william thomas ellis- restingplace is odd fellows cemetery- state is kentucky- signature alt is polk laffoon- battles is american civil war- allegiance is confederate states confederate states of america- term start is march 4 , 1885- image is polk-laffoon . jpg