Politicians in Trouble: 1860 to 1869
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- James Chesnut, Jr. (1815-1885) — of South Carolina.
Born near Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., January
18, 1815. Son-in-law of Stephen
Decatur Miller. Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1842; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1854; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1858-60; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; candidate for Senator
from South Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1861; general in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1868.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. Died in Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., February
1, 1885. Interment at Knights
Hill Cemetery, Camden, S.C.
- George William Brown (1812-1890) — of Baltimore,
Md. Born in Baltimore,
Md., October
13, 1812. Mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1860-61; delegate to
Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; municipal judge
in Maryland, 1872. His term as mayor was cut short on September 12,
1861, when he was arrested and
imprisoned, over alleged disloyalty,
by Federal authorities. Died September
8, 1890. Burial
location unknown.
- John Hemphill (1803-1862) — of Texas. Born in Chester
County, S.C., December
18, 1803. Uncle of John
James Hemphill; great-granduncle of Robert
Witherspoon Hemphill. Judge of Texas Republic, 1840; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1846-58; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1859-61; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; died
in office 1862; candidate for Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1861. When the Civil War
began, he left Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate;
one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. Died in Richmond,
Va., January
7, 1862. Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex. Hemphill County,
Tex. is named for him.
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1809-1887) — also
known as Robert M. T. Hunter — of Virginia. Born near
Loretto, Essex
County, Va., April 21,
1809. Uncle of Muscoe
Russell Hunter Garnett. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1834-35; member of Virginia
state senate, 1835-37; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1837-43, 1845-47 (8th District
1837-39, 12th District 1839-41, 9th District 1841-43, 8th District
1845-47); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1839-41; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1847-61; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1860;
Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Confederate
Secretary of State, 1861-62; Senator
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1867-68; Virginia
state treasurer, 1874-80. When the Civil War began, he left
Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; he was one of
ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. His portrait appeared on Confederate
States $10
notes in 1861-64. Arrested
in 1865 and imprisoned
without trial by federal
forces in Fort Pulaski, Tennessee, until 1866. Died in Essex
County, Va., July 18,
1887. Interment at a
private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.
- Louis Trezevant Wigfall (1816-1874) — also known as
Louis T. Wigfall — of Texas. Born near Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C., April 21,
1816. Democrat. Killed Thomas Bird in a duel
around 1840; wounded Rep. Preston
S. Brooks in another duel;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1849; member of Texas
state senate, 1857; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1859-61; when the Civil War began, he left
Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861; general in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Died in
Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., February
18, 1874. Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
- John Cabell Breckinridge (1821-1875) — also known as
John C. Breckinridge — of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky. Born near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
21, 1821. Grandson of John
Breckinridge; son of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge and Mary Clay (Smith) Breckinridge; nephew of
Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; cousin of Henry
Donnel Foster, Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; married 1843 to Mary
Cyrene Burch; father of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1849-51; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1851-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1856;
Vice
President of the United States, 1857-61; Southern Democratic
candidate for President
of the United States, 1860; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1861; general in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1865. Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate on December 4, 1861 for his participation in the
Confederate
military. Fled
to Cuba at the end of the war, and lived in England and Canada until
1869. Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., May 17,
1875. Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
- Thomas Bragg (1810-1872) — of Northampton
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C. Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., November
9, 1810. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1842; Governor of
North Carolina, 1855-59; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1859-61; Confederate
Attorney General, 1861-62. Presbyterian.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
21, 1872. Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (1808-1876) — also
known as A. O. P. Nicholson — of Tennessee. Born in
Tennessee, 1808.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1840-42, 1859-61; chief
justice of Tennessee state supreme court, 1870-76. When the Civil
War began, he left Washington but did not resign his seat in the
Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. Died in 1876.
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn.
- Thomas Lanier Clingman (1812-1897) — also known as
Thomas L. Clingman; "The Prince of
Politicians" — of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C. Born in Huntsville (unknown
county), N.C., July 27,
1812. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1843-45, 1847-58 (1st
District 1843-45, 1847-53, 8th District 1853-58); U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1858-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1868,
1876.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. Clingman's Dome in the Great Smoky
Mountains is named for
him. Died in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., November
3, 1897. Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
- Charles Burton Mitchel (1815-1864) — also known as
Charles B. Mitchel — of Arkansas. Born in Gallatin, Sumner
County, Tenn., September
19, 1815. Democrat. Member of Arkansas state legislature, 1848;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1860; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1861; Senator
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; died in
office 1864. When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not
resign his seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., September
20, 1864. Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Washington, Ark.
- James Murray Mason (1798-1871) — also known as
James M. Mason — of Virginia. Born in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., November
3, 1798. Grandson of George
Mason; grandnephew of Thomson
Mason; first cousin once removed of Stevens
Thomson Mason (1760-1803) and John
Thomson Mason (1765-1824); son of John Mason (1766-1849) and Anna
Maria (Murray) Mason (1776-1857); first cousin of Thomson
Francis Mason and John
Thomson Mason, Jr.; second cousin of Armistead
Thomson Mason and John
Thomson Mason (1787-1850); married, July 25,
1822, to Eliza Margaretta Chew (1798-1874); second cousin once
removed of Stevens
Thomson Mason (1811-1843); first cousin thrice removed of Charles
O'Conor Goolrick. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1826; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 12th District, 1837-39; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1847-61; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; Confederate
States Envoy to England, 1861. Author of the Fugitive Slave Law.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. Died April 28,
1871. Interment at Christ
Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
- William King Sebastian (1812-1865) — also known as
William K. Sebastian — of Helena, Phillips
County, Ark. Born in Tennessee, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1848-61. When the Civil War began, he left
Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. Did not participate in the Confederacy
during the war; his expulsion from the Senate was posthumously
revoked in 1877. Died in 1865.
Interment in private or family graveyard.
- Jay Gibbons — of Albany
County, N.Y. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1861; expelled
from the Assembly, April 18, 1861. Burial
location unknown.
- Alexander J. Bergen — of Suffolk
County, N.Y. Member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1861. Outraged
by a criticisim published in the newspaper, he assaulted
the editor of the Suffolk County Democrat, in 1861, and was
later prosecuted
and fined
$25. Burial
location unknown.
- George Proctor Kane (1820-1878) — of Baltimore,
Md. Born in Baltimore,
Md., 1820.
U.S. Collector of Customs
for Baltimore, Md., 1849; as Baltimore Marshal of Police in 1861,
he opposed the movement
of Union troops through Baltimore; on June 27, he was arrested
by Federal soldiers and imprisoned
in Fort Warren for fourteen months; mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1877-78; died in office 1878. Died June 23,
1878. Burial
location unknown.
- Charles James Faulkner (1806-1884) — also known as
Charles J. Faulkner — Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), July 6,
1806. Father of Charles
James Faulkner (1847-1929). Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1829-34, 1848-49; member of Virginia
state senate, 1838-42; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1851-59 (10th District 1851-53, 8th
District 1853-59); U.S. Minister to France, 1860; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; delegate to
West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1872; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1875-77. On his
return from France in August 1861, was detained
as a prisoner of
state on charges
of negotiating arms sales for the Confederacy
while in Paris; released in December 1861 and negotiated his own
exchange for Alfred
Ely, a a Congressman from New York who had been taken prisoner by
the Confederates at Bull Run. Died near Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., November
1, 1884. Interment at a
private or family graveyard, Berkeley County, W.Va.
- George Wallace Jones (1804-1896) — also known as
George W. Jones — of Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa. Born in Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., April 12,
1804. Son of John
Rice Jones (1760?-1824); brother of Myers
F. Jones and John
Rice Jones (1792-1845); brother-in-law of John
Scott and Andrew
Scott; uncle of John
Rice Homer Scott. Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1835-36; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1836-39; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1848-59; U.S. Minister to New Grenada, 1859-61. In 1861, was arrested
in New York City by order of Secretary of State William
H. Seward on a charge of
disloyalty,
based on correspondence with his friend Jefferson
Davis; imprisoned
for 64 days; released by order of President Abraham
Lincoln. Died in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, July 22,
1896. Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa. Jones County,
Iowa is named for him.
- John W. Dawson (1820-1877) — of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind. Born in Cambridge, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
21, 1820. Candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1854; candidate for secretary of
state of Indiana, 1856; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1858; Governor of
Utah Territory, 1861. In December, 1861, after less than a month
as territorial governor, fled
Utah amid controversy and scandal.
Just east of Salt Lake City, he was attacked
by three men and badly injured. Died in Indiana, September
10, 1877. Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
- Alfred Ely (1815-1892) — of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y. Born in Lyme, New London
County, Conn., February
15, 1815. Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1859-63. While
witnessing the Battle of Bull Run in 1861, was captured
by the Confederates,
and imprisoned
at Richmond for several months; released in exchange for Charles
J. Faulkner. Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 18,
1892. Entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
- Charles Christopher Sheats (1839-1904) — of Decatur,
Morgan
County, Ala. Born in Walker
County, Ala., April 10,
1839. Republican. Delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1860; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1861-62; delegate to
Alabama state constitutional convention, 1865; U.S.
Representative from Alabama at-large, 1873-75; defeated, 1874;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1884.
Opposed secession in 1860; expelled
from the Alabama House of Representatives in 1862 because of his adherence
to the Union; imprisoned
by Confederate authorities on a charge of
treason,
but never tried. Died in Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., May 27,
1904. Interment at McKendree
Cemetery, Near Decatur, Morgan County, Ala.
- Waldo Porter Johnson (1817-1885) — also known as
Waldo P. Johnson — of Missouri. Born in Bridgeport, Harrison
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
16, 1817. Nephew of Joseph
Johnson. Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1847; state court judge in
Missouri, 1851; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Senator
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1863-65; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 15th District, 1875.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate on January 10, 1862 over his support
for secession. Died in Osceola, St. Clair
County, Mo., August
14, 1885. Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
- Jesse David Bright (1812-1875) — also known as
Jesse D. Bright — of Madison, Madison
County, Ill.; Jeffersonville, Clark
County, Ind. Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., December
18, 1812. Brother of Michael
Graham Bright. Democrat. State court judge in Indiana, 1834-39;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1841-43; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1843-45; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1845-62; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1867-71; Presidential Elector for
Kentucky, 1868.
Presbyterian.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate, February 5, 1862, over alleged disloyalty
to the Union, as evidenced by a letter of introduction he wrote
for an arms merchant, addressed to Confederate president Jefferson
Davis. Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 20,
1875. Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
- Dennis Aloysius Mahoney (1821-1879) — of Jackson
County, Iowa; Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa. Born in Ross, County Cork, Ireland,
January
20, 1821. Member of Iowa state
house of representatives; elected 1848, 1858; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1862, 1864. Catholic.
Newspaper
editor who criticized
the Civil War; arrested
in August 1862 and held until November at the Old Capitol Federal Prison in
Washington, D.C. Died in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, November
5, 1879. Interment at St.
Patrick Cemetery, Garryowen, Iowa.
- Trusten Polk (1811-1876) — of St.
Louis, Mo. Born in Delaware, May 29,
1811. Third cousin once removed of Charles
Polk; fourth cousin of James
Knox Polk and William
Hawkins Polk; nephew of Peter
Foster Causey; fourth cousin by marriage of George
Davis; fourth cousin once removed of Marshall
Tate Polk; fourth cousin twice removed of Frank
L. Polk. Democrat. Delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 28th District,
1845-46; Governor of
Missouri, 1857; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1857-62; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War. Expelled
from the U.S. Senate on January 10, 1862 over his support
for secession. Died April 16,
1876. Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
- Edson Baldwin Olds (1802-1869) — also known as
Edson B. Olds — of Circleville, Pickaway
County, Ohio; Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio. Born in Marlboro, Windham
County, Vt., June 3,
1802. Democrat. Physician;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1842-43, 1845-46, 1862-66; member of Ohio state
senate, 1846-48; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1849-55 (9th District 1849-53, 12th
District 1853-55); defeated, 1854; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1864.
Arrested
for alleged disloyalty
to the Union and imprisoned
in Fort Lafayette in 1862. Died in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, January
24, 1869. Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio.
- Lawrence Washington Hall (1819-1863) — of Bucyrus,
Crawford
County, Ohio. Born in Lake
County, Ohio, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1852-57; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1857-59; defeated, 1858.
Imprisoned
for alleged disloyalty
to the Union in 1862. Died of a lung
hemorrhage, Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio, January
18, 1863. Original interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio; reinterment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
- Benjamin Stark (1820-1898) — of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; New London, New London
County, Conn. Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 26,
1820. Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer;
member of Oregon
territorial House of Representatives, 1852; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1860; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1861-62; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1874. On June 6, 1862, a resolution to
expel him from the U.S. Senate for alleged disloyalty
to the Union, requiring two-thirds to pass, failed on a vote of
21 in favor to 16 opposed. Died in New London, New London
County, Conn., October
10, 1898. Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
- Eccles G. Van Riper (b. 1841) — of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1841. Son-in-law of James
Garrard Jones. Democrat. Mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1870. In 1862, while traveling on business
in Arkansas, was captured
by the Confederate Army and charged
with being a spy;
tried
before a military court in Little Rock and sentenced
to death; reprieved by the arrival of a new military commander, but
imprisoned
until the end of the war. Burial
location unknown.
- Clement Laird Vallandigham (1820-1871) — also known
as Clement L. Vallandigham — of Ohio. Born in New
Lisbon, Columbiana
County, Ohio, July 29,
1820. Uncle of John
A. McMahon. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1845-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1856,
1864,
1868;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1858-63; defeated, 1852,
1854, 1862; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1863. Leader of the pro-Southern "Copperheads" during the
Civil War; arrested
by the Union military authorities in 1863 for treasonable
utterances, and banished
to the Confederate States; returned to the North by way of Canada. Accidentally
shot himself while practicing a courtroom
demonstration he planned as part of a defense in a murder trial (not
actually in court at the time, contrary to legend), and died of his
wound the next day day, in the Lebanon House hotel,
Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio, June 17,
1871. Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
- Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) — also known as
Robert G. Ingersoll; "The Great Agnostic";
"American Infidel"; "Impious Pope
Bob" — of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill. Born in Dresden, Yates
County, N.Y., August
11, 1833. Son of Rev. John Ingersoll (1792-1759) and Mary
(Livingston) Ingersoll (died 1835); brother of Ebon
Clarke Ingersoll; married, February
13, 1862, to Eva Amelia Parker (1841-1923); uncle of John
Carter Ingersoll. Lawyer;
Democratic candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives 5th District, 1860; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War; charged
about 1864 with assault and
battery against the Peoria County Sheriff; tried;
the jury was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict; the case was
dismissed before a new trial could be held; Illinois
state attorney general, 1867-69; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1876;
made the nominating speech which dubbed James
G. Blaine as "The Plumed Knight". Agnostic.
Died in Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 21,
1899. Cremated; ashes
interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.statue at Glen
Oak Park, Peoria, Ill.
- Samuel Medary (1801-1864) — also known as
"The Wheel Horse of Ohio Democracy" — of
Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio. Born in Montgomery Square, Montgomery
County, Pa., February
25, 1801. Democrat. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1834; member of Ohio state
senate, 1836; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1844,
1856,
1864;
Governor
of Minnesota Territory, 1857-58; Governor of
Kansas Territory, 1858-59, 1859-60, 1860, 1860; candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1859. Originated the slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight,"
calling for aggressive action on the Oregon boundary question. Indicted
by a federal grand jury in 1864 for conspiracy
against the government; arrested;
released on bond; never tried. Medary, S.D., is named for
him. Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, November
7, 1864. Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
- Richard Taylor Jacob (1825-1903) — of Kentucky. Born
in Oldham
County, Ky., 1825.
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1863-64. Arrested
for alleged disloyalty,
removed
from office, and banished
from Kentucky, November 11, 1864; later allowed to return to the
state under direct orders from President Abraham
Lincoln. Died in 1903.
Burial
location unknown.
- Alexander Long (1816-1886) — of Ohio. Born in
Greenville, Mercer
County, Pa., December
24, 1816. Democrat. Member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1863-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1865. Censured
by the House of Representatives during the Civil War, for treasonable
utterances. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
28, 1886. Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
- John Henninger Reagan (1818-1905) — also known as
John H. Reagan — of Palestine, Anderson
County, Tex. Born in Sevierville, Sevier
County, Tenn., October
8, 1818. Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1847; district judge in Texas,
1852-57; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1857-61, 1875-87 (1st District
1857-61, 1875-83, 2nd District 1883-87); delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; Confederate
Postmaster General, 1861-65; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1887-91. Methodist.
Arrested
by Union
troops in May 1865, along with Jefferson
Davis, and imprisoned
for several months. Died of pneumonia
in Palestine, Anderson
County, Tex., March 6,
1905. Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Palestine, Tex.
- Thomas Hill Watts (1819-1892) — also known as
Thomas H. Watts — of Alabama. Born near Greenville, Butler
County, Ala., January
3, 1819. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1842-45, 1880-81; member of Alabama
state senate, 1847-53; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1855; delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; Confederate
Attorney General, 1862-63; Governor of
Alabama, 1863-65. Baptist.
Arrested
by Union
forces in Union Springs, Alabama, in May 1865, and imprisoned
for a few weeks. Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
16, 1892. Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
- Judah Philip Benjamin (1811-1884) — also known as
Judah P. Benjamin; Philippe Benjamin; "Poo Bah
of the Confederacy" — of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; London, England;
Paris, France.
Born in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, August 6,
1811. Son of Philip Benjamin and Rebecca (de Mendes) Benjamin;
cousin of Henry
Michael Hyams; married 1833 to Natalie
St. Martin. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1842-44; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845; Presidential
Elector for Louisiana, 1848;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61; Confederate
Attorney General, 1861; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1861-62; Confederate
Secretary of State, 1862-65. Jewish.
His portrait appeared on the Confederate States two-dollar
note in 1861-64. He fled
to Europe in 1865 to avoid
arrest by Union forces; he was suspected of involvement in the assassination
of President Abraham
Lincoln. Died in France,
May 6,
1884. Interment at Père
la Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
- Luke Pryor Blackburn (1816-1887) — of Kentucky. Born
in Woodford
County, Ky., June 16,
1816. Son of Edward M. Blackburn and Lavinia S. (Bell) Blackburn;
married, November
24, 1835, to Ella Boswell; married, November
17, 1857, to Julia Churchill; brother of Joseph
Clay Stiles Blackburn. Physician;
member of Kentucky state legislature, 1843; Governor of
Kentucky, 1879-83. Baptist.
In 1865, he was tried and
acquitted in a Toronto court for violating Canadian neutrality, in
connection with a Confederate
scheme to spread yellow fever in Northern cities. Died in Frankfort,
Franklin
County, Ky., September
14, 1887. Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
- George Wythe Randolph (1818-1867) — also known as
George W. Randolph — of Virginia. Born near
Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., March 10,
1818. Grandson of Thomas
Jefferson; second cousin twice removed of Edmund
Jenings Randolph; son of Thomas
Mann Randolph; brother of Virginia Jefferson Randolph (who
married Nicholas
Philip Trist). Lawyer; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1862. Episcopalian.
After the collapse of the Confederacy,
fled
to Europe to avoid
capture; pardoned
in 1866. Died of pulmonary
pneumonia, near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., April 3,
1867. His portrait appeared on Confederate States $100
notes in 1862-64. Interment at Monticello
Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.
- Abraham Kurkindolle Allison (1810-1893) — also known
as Abraham K. Allison — Born in Jones
County, Ga., December
10, 1810. Married to Elizabeth S. Coleman. Member of Florida
territorial legislature; served in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War; Governor of
Florida, 1865; arrested
by Federal authorities on June 19, 1865, and incarcerated
with other Confederate
officials at Fort Pulaski, Georgia, for six months. Died in
Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla., July 8,
1893. Burial
location unknown.
- George Davis (1820-1896) — of Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C. Born in Porter's Neck, Pender
County, N.C., March 1,
1820. Great-grandnephew of Samuel
Ashe; cousin four different ways of John
Baptista Ashe (1748-1802), John
Baptista Ashe (1810-1857), Thomas
Samuel Ashe and William
Shepperd Ashe; second cousin twice removed of William
Henry Hill; third cousin by marriage of Charles
Polk and Marshall
Tate Polk; second cousin by marriage of James
Knox Polk and William
Hawkins Polk; fourth cousin by marriage of Trusten
Polk; cousin three different ways of Alfred
Moore Waddell; half-brother and fourth cousin of Horatio
Davis; cousin by marriage of Frank
L. Polk. Lawyer; Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; Senator
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; Confederate
Attorney General, 1864-65. Episcopalian.
At the end of the Civil War, with other Confederate
officials, attempted
to flee overseas, but turned
himself in at Key West, Fla.; spent several months in prison at
Fort Hamilton; pardoned
in 1866. Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
23, 1896. Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.; statue at Third
and Market Streets, Wilmington, N.C.
- Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889) — also known as
Jefferson Davis — of Warrenton (unknown
county), Miss.; Hurricane (unknown
county), Miss. Born in a log
cabin, Fairview, Christian County (now Todd
County), Ky., June 3,
1808. Son of Samuel Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis; married 1835 to Sarah
Knox Taylor (daughter of Zachary
Taylor); married, February
26, 1845, to Varina Howell (granddaughter of Richard
Howell); granduncle of Jefferson
Davis Brodhead and Frances Eileen Hutt (who married Thomas
Edmund Dewey). Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black
Hawk War; candidate for Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1843; Presidential Elector for
Mississippi, 1844;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1845-46; served in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1847-51, 1857-61; candidate for Governor of
Mississippi, 1851; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1853-57; President of
the Confederacy, 1861-65. His portrait appeared on Confederate
States 50
cent notes in 1861-64. Captured
by Union
forces in May 1865 and imprisoned
without trial for about two years. Died of bronchitis
and malaria
in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
6, 1889. Original interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1893 at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va. Jeff Davis
County, Ga., Jefferson Davis
Parish, La., Jefferson Davis
County, Miss. and Jeff Davis
County, Tex. are named for him.
- Cross-reference: Jesse
D. Bright; John
H. Reagan; Horace
Greeley; Solomon
Cohen; George
W. Jones; Samuel
A. Roberts; William
T. Sutherlin; Victor
Vifquain; Charles
O'Conor
- See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams
family
- See also: congressional
biography; Wikipedia
article; Find-A-Grave
page.
- Books by Jefferson Davis: The
Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881)
- Books about Jefferson Davis: William J. Cooper, Jr., Jefferson
Davis, American : A Biography; Varina Davis, Jefferson
Davis : Ex-President of the Confederate States of America : A Memoir
by His Wife; William C. Davis, An
Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate Government;
James Ronald Kennedy & Walter Donald Kennedy, Was
Jefferson Davis Right?; Robert Penn Warren, Jefferson
Davis Gets His Citizenship Back; Herman Hattaway & Richard E.
Beringer, Jefferson
Davis, Confederate President; Felicity Allen, Jefferson
Davis: Unconquerable Heart
- Andrew Gordon Magrath (1813-1893) — of South
Carolina. Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
8, 1813. Secretary of
state of South Carolina, 1860-62; Governor of
South Carolina, 1864-65. Ousted as
Governor by Union
authorities in 1865 and imprisoned.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April 9,
1893. Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Near Charleston, Charleston County, S.C.
- Stephen Russell Mallory (c.1812-1873) — also known
as Stephen R. Mallory — of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla. Born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad,
of American parents. Cousin by marriage of William
F. White; father of Stephen
Russell Mallory, Jr.. Democrat. County judge in Florida, 1837-45;
U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1851-61; Confederate
Secretary of the Navy, 1861-65. Catholic.
Arrested
as a Confederate
by Union troops in 1865 and imprisoned
until March 1866. Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., November
9, 1873. Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
- Charles Clark (1810-1877) — of Mississippi. Born February
19, 1810. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1860;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Mississippi, 1863-65. Physically removed from
office by U.S. troops at the end of the Civil
War, and imprisoned
at Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Ga. Died in Bolivar
County, Miss., December
18, 1877. Interment at a
private or family graveyard, Bolivar County, Miss.
- Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr. (1816-1882) — of
Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala. Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., December
13, 1816. Second cousin twice removed of Matthew
Clay (1754-1815) and Green
Clay; third cousin once removed of Henry
Clay (1777-1852), Porter
Clay, Matthew
Clay (1795?-1827), Brutus
Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius
Marcellus Clay; son of Clement
Comer Clay; fourth cousin of Thomas
Hart Clay, James
Brown Clay and Brutus
Junius Clay (1847-1932); married, February
1, 1843, to Virginia Caroline Tunstall (1825-1915) (who later
married David
Clopton); fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Clay (1849-1884). Democrat. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1842; state court judge in
Alabama, 1846; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1853-61; Senator
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64. His portrait
appeared on Confederate States one-dollar
notes in 1862-64. Suspected of conspiring with other Confederates
to assassinate
President Abraham
Lincoln, he was imprisoned
for nearly a year after the war. Died near Gurley, Madison
County, Ala., January
3, 1882. Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
- Henry Stuart Foote (1804-1880) — Born in Fauquier
County, Va., February
28, 1804. U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1847-52; Governor of
Mississippi, 1852-54; Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Fought four
duels;
fled
Alabama in 1830 to escape
prosecution for duelling.
Exchanged blows with Thomas
Hart Benton on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Expelled
from the Confederate Congress in early 1865 for going North on an unauthorized
peace mission. Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 19,
1880. Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris (1805-1895) — also known as
Benjamin G. Harris — of Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md. Born near Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md., December
13, 1805. Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1832-33, 1836, 1849, 1856, 1861-62; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1863-67; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1864.
Tried and
convicted of harboring
Confederate soldiers; sentenced
to three years' imprisonment;
sentence remitted by President Johnson. Died near Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md., April 4,
1895. Interment at a
private or family graveyard, St. Mary's County, Md.
- David Levy Yulee (1810-1886) — also known as
David Levy; "Father of Florida's Railroads"
— of St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.; Homosassa, Citrus
County, Fla. Born in St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, June 12,
1810. Son-in-law of Charles
Anderson Wickliffe. Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from St. Johns County,
1838-39; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841-45; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1845-51, 1855-61. Jewish. Imprisoned
as a Confederate
at Fort Pulaski, Fla. for a time after the Civil War. Died in New
York, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1886. Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Levy County,
Fla. is named for him.
- James Alexander Seddon (1815-1880) — also known as
James A. Seddon — of Virginia. Born in Virginia, July 13,
1815. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1845-47, 1849-51;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1856;
Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Confederate
Secretary of War, 1862-65. Arrested
by Union
forces in May 1865 and imprisoned
until December. Died in Goochland
County, Va., August
19, 1880. Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
- Robert Augustus Toombs (1810-1885) — also known as
Robert Toombs; Bob Toombs — of Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga. Born in Wilkes
County, Ga., July 2,
1810. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1837-43; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1845-53; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1853-61; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Confederate
Secretary of State, 1861; general in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War; fled
to Europe in 1865 to avoid
arrest by Union
forces; he was suspected of involvement in the assassination
of President Abraham
Lincoln; later returned to Georgia; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877. One of the
greatest orators of his time. Died in Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., December
15, 1885. Interment at Rest
Haven Cemetery, Washington, Ga. Toombs County,
Ga. is named for him.
- George Alfred Trenholm (1807-1876) — also known as
George A. Trenholm — of South Carolina. Born in
Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
25, 1807. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1852-56, 1874; Confederate
Secretary of the Treasury, 1864-65. Arrested
by Union
forces in 1865, and imprisoned
at Fort Pulaski, Tennessee, until October. Died December
10, 1876. Burial
location unknown.
- Thomas Overton Moore (1804-1876) — of Louisiana.
Born in Sampson
County, N.C., April 10,
1804. Democrat. Planter;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1848; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1856; Governor of
Louisiana, 1860-64. Presbyterian.
At the end of the Civil War, the military governor of Louisiana
ordered his arrest as
a Confederate
leader; he fled
to Mexico and settled in Havana, Cuba. Pardoned
by President Andrew
Johnson. Died near Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., June 25,
1876. Interment at Mt.
Olivet Episcopal Cemetery, Pineville, La.
- John Jones Pettus (1813-1867) — of Mississippi. Born
October
9, 1813. Brother of Edmund
Winston Pettus. Governor of
Mississippi, 1854, 1859-63. After the Civil War, amnesty
was refused to him, and he became a fugitive;
the manhunt continued until his death in Pulaski
County, Ark., in early 1867.
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Flat
Bayou Burial Ground, Near Wabbaseka, Jefferson County, Ark.
- James Henry Lane (1814-1866) — also known as
James H. Lane; "Liberator of Kansas";
"Fighting Jim" — of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind.; Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan. Born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., June 22,
1814. Son of Amos
Lane and Mary (Foote) Lane; brother of George
W. Lane; married 1842 to Mary E.
Baldridge (granddaughter of Arthur
St. Clair). Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1849-53; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1853-55; delegate to
Kansas state constitutional convention, 1855, 1857; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1861-66; died in office 1866; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War. Member, Freemasons.
Deranged and charged
with financial irregularities, he shot
himself on July 1, 1866, and died ten days later, near Fort
Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., July 11,
1866. Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan. Lane County,
Kan. is named for him.
- Caleb Lyon (1822-1875) — of Lyonsdale, Lewis
County, N.Y. Born in Lyonsdale, Lewis
County, N.Y., December
7, 1822. Son of Caleb
Lyon (1784?-?). Member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1851; resigned 1851; member of
New
York state senate 21st District, 1851; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1853-55; Governor of
Idaho Territory, 1864-66. In 1866, an audit
revealed that he had embezzled
$46,418 in federal funds intended for the Nez Perce Indians, but he
was never convicted. Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
8, 1875. Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- William Nathaniel Porter (1812-1867) — also known as
Nathaniel Porter — of Tennessee. Born in Henry
County, Tenn., December
15, 1812. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1866. With others, tried to stop
the ratification of the 14th Amendment in 1866 by staying away
and preventing a quorum; this tactic was not successful. Expelled
from the Tennessee House a few days later. Died in Henry
County, Tenn., June 11,
1867. Interment at Poplar
Grove Cemetery, Henry County, Tenn.
- John Ward Hunter (1807-1900) — also known as John
W. Hunter — of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y. Born in Bedford (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y., October
15, 1807. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1866-67; mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1874-75. Censured
by the U.S. House of Representatives in 1867 for the use of unparliamentary
language. Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 16,
1900. Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Albert Rhodes (b. 1840) — Born in 1840.
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Netherlands, 1866. Dismissed
as Charge d'Affaires in February 1867, by Hugh
Ewing, for suspected disloyalty.
Burial
location unknown.
- Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) — of Carthage, Moore
County, N.C.; Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn. Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
29, 1808. Married, May 17,
1827, to Eliza McCardle; father of Martha Johnson (who married David
Trotter Patterson). Mayor
of Greeneville, Tenn., 1830; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1835; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1841; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1843-53; Governor of
Tennessee, 1853-57, 1862-65; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1857-62, 1875; died in office 1875; Vice
President of the United States, 1865; President
of the United States, 1865-69; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1868.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar. In 1868, was impeached
by the House of Representatives; tried and
aquitted by the Senate, which voted 35 to 19 (short of the required
two-thirds) on three of the eleven articles of impeachment. Died,
after a series of strokes,
at his daughter's home in Carter
County, Tenn., July 31,
1875. Interment at Andrew
Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tenn.
- Tunis George Campbell (1812-1891) — also known as
Tunis G. Campbell — of McIntosh
County, Ga. Born in Middlebrook (unknown
county), N.J., April 1,
1812. Minister;
abolitionist; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Georgia
state senate, 1868, 1869-72; expelled 1868; defeated, 1872; expelled
from the Georgia State Senate in 1868 based on the claim that only whites
could serve; charged
with falsely
imprisoning white men as Justice of of the Peace, and served a
year of hard
labor in Georgia's brutal leased labor system. Black. Methodist.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
4, 1891. Burial
location unknown.
- Albert Cardozo (1828-1885) — Born in Philadelphia,
Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
21, 1828. Married to Rebecca Nathan (died 1879); father of Benjamin
Nathan Cardozo. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court; implicated
in a judicial corruption
scandal in 1868, and resigned
from the bench. Jewish. Portugese
ancestry. Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1885. Burial
location unknown.
- W. M. Saunders — Delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Gadsden and
Liberty counties, 1868; expelled
from convention. Burial
location unknown.
- D. Richards — Delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Gadsden and
Liberty counties, 1868; expelled
from convention. Burial
location unknown.
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys (1808-1882) — of
Mississippi. Born in Claiborne
County, Miss., August
26, 1808. Father of Benjamin
Grubb Humphreys (1865-1923). Member of Mississippi state
legislature, 1837; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1839; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Governor of
Mississippi, 1865-68. During Reconstruction,
he was physically
ejected from the governor's office by an armed force under the
orders of the U.S. military commander of Mississippi. Died in Leflore
County, Miss., December
20, 1882. Interment at Wintergreen
Cemetery, Port Gibson, Miss. Humphreys County,
Miss. is named for him.
- Russell Sage (1816-1906) — also known as
"The Sage of Troy"; "The Money
King"; "Father of Puts and Calls";
"Old Straddle" — of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y. Born in Verona, Oneida
County, N.Y., August 4,
1816. Son of Elisha Sage, Jr. (1779-1854) and Prudence (Risley)
Sage (born 1786); married, January
23, 1840, to Maria-Henrie 'Marie' Winne (died 1867); married, November
24, 1869, to Margaret Olivia Slocum. Whig. Merchant;
banker;
Rensselaer
County Treasurer; delegate to Whig National Convention from New
York, 1848; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1853-57; railroad
builder; arrested
in 1869 and charged
with violation of New York usury
laws by charging high interest rates on loans; fined and
sentenced
to five days in prison,
which was later suspended. On December 4, 1891, Henry Norcross, a
stockbroker, brought a bomb to Sage's office in New York City as part
of an extortion scheme; when his demands were refused, he detonated
the bomb, but Sage suffered only minor injuries. Died in Lawrence, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 22,
1906. Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
- Charles W. Bryant (born c.1830) — of Harris
County, Tex. Delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1868-69. Black. Expelled
from the Texas Constitutional Convention after being accused of raping
an 11-year-old girl;
