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• Henry Everard Peck (1821-1867) — also known as H. E. Peck — of Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio. Born in Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., July 20, 1821. Republican. College professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856; U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to Haiti, 1865-66; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1866-67, died in office 1867. Abolitionist; involved in rescue of an escaping slave in Wellington, near Oberlin, Ohio, in September 1858; among the 20 men who were arrested and charged with "infringement of the Fugitive Slave Law"; the trial ended when the slave catchers (who had pressed the charges) were indicted for kidnapping. Died, of yellow fever, in Haiti, June 9, 1867. Interment somewhere in Oberlin, Ohio.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also Mason family of Virginia
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also Garnett family of Virginia
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• 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.
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• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also Hemphill family of South Carolina
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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; married 1843 to Mary Cyrene Burch; first cousin of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; father of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of Henry Skillman 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.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about John C. Breckinridge: William C. Davis, An Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate Government; Frank Hopkins Heck, Proud Kentuckian, John C. Breckinridge, 1821-1875 (out of print); William C. Davis, Breckinridge : Statesman, Soldier, Symbol
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also Jones family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Charles Christopher Sheats (1839-1904) — of Decatur, Morgan County, Ala. Born in Walker County, Ala., April 10, 1839. Republican. Delegate to Alabama secession convention, 1861; 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also Polk-Ashe family of North Carolina
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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; delegate to Louisiana secession convention, 1861. 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.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• 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.
  • See also Blackburn family of Kentucky
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about Luke Pryor Blackburn: Nancy Disher Baird, Luke Pryor Blackburn : Physician, Governor, Reformer (out of print)
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also Polk-Ashe family of North Carolina
  
  
• 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; NNDB dossier; 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.
  • See also Mallory-White family of California and Florida
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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 20, 1880. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also Wickliffe family of Kentucky and Louisiana
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  • Books about Robert Toombs: William C. Davis, The Union That Shaped the Confederacy: Robert Toombs and Alexander H. Stephens
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  • See also Humphreys family of Mississippi
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  

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