LaFayette "Fayette" McMullen (May 18, 1805 – November 8, 1880) was a 19th-century politician, driver, teamster and banker from the U.S. state of Virginia and the second appointed Governor of Washington Territory.
He was a Virginia driver and teamster, working in the family owned business and driving a coach.
McMullen was appointed by President James Buchanan, as Territorial Governor of Washington in 1857, serving until 1859.
McMullen was elected as a Democrat to the Confederate House of Representatives in 1863, serving from 1864 until the crumbling of the Confederacy in 1865.
[2] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress