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David Brydie Mitchell (1760-1837) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.; Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga.
Born in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland,
October
22, 1760.
Georgia
state attorney general, 1795; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1796; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1801-02; U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1802-04; Governor of
Georgia, 1809-13, 1815-17; U.S. Indian Agent to the Creek Nation,
1817-21; resigned
from this position following charges
that he was smuggling
African slaves into the country.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., April
22, 1837 (age 76 years, 182
days).
Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
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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 (age 45 years, 324
days).
Interment somewhere
in Oberlin, Ohio.
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John Milton Elliott (1820-1879) —
also known as John M. Elliott —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.
Born in Scott
County, Va., May 20,
1820.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1847, 1860-61; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1853-59; Delegate
from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; circuit judge
in Kentucky, 1868-74; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1876-79; died in office 1879.
Expelled
from the Kentucky legislature in 1861 for supporting the
Confederacy.
Slaveowner.
Shot
and killed by
Col. Thomas Buford, in front of the ladies' entrance to the Capitol
Hotel,
in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March
26, 1879 (age 58 years, 310
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.; statue at Boyd
County Courthouse Grounds, Catlettsburg, Ky.
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James Chesnut Jr. (1815-1885) —
of Camden, Kershaw District (now Kershaw
County), S.C.
Born near Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., January
18, 1815.
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 from Kershaw, 1860-62; 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,
1872.
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.
Slaveowner.
Died in Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., February
1, 1885 (age 70 years, 14
days).
Interment at Knights
Hill Cemetery, Camden, S.C.
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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 (age 77 years, 330
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles James Faulkner (1806-1884) —
also known as Charles J. Faulkner —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, Va. (now W.Va.), July 6,
1806.
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.
Slaveowner.
Died near Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., November
1, 1884 (age 78 years, 118
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Berkeley County, W.Va.
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James Murray Mason (1798-1871) —
also known as James M. Mason —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., November
3, 1798.
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.
Slaveowner.
Died April
28, 1871 (age 72 years, 176
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1809-1887) —
also known as Robert M. T. Hunter —
of Lloyds, Essex
County, Va.
Born near Loretto, Essex
County, Va., April
21, 1809.
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. Arrested
in 1865 and imprisoned
without trial by federal forces in Fort Pulaski, Tennessee,
until 1866.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lloyds, Essex
County, Va., July 18,
1887 (age 78 years, 88
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.
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Thomas Lanier Clingman (1812-1897) —
also known as Thomas L. Clingman; "The Prince of
Politicians" —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Huntsville, Yadkin
County, N.C., July 27,
1812.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1840; 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
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
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 Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., November
3, 1897 (age 85 years, 99
days).
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, 1830; 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.
Slaveowner.
Died in 1876
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn.
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John Cabell Breckinridge (1821-1875) —
also known as John C. Breckinridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
16, 1821.
Democrat. 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.
Slaveowner.
Died, from lung
disease and liver
cirrhosis, in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., May 17,
1875 (age 54 years, 121
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Clay (Smith) Breckinridge and Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge; married 1840 to
Elizabeth Lucas; married, December
12, 1843, to Mary
Cyrene Burch; father of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge; nephew of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; grandson of John
Breckinridge; great-grandson of John
Witherspoon; great-grandnephew of William
Preston and William
Cabell; first cousin of Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of James
Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed of William
Cabell Jr., Francis
Smith Preston, William
Henry Cabell and James
Patton Preston; second cousin of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin once removed of William
Campbell Preston, James
McDowell, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, John
Buchanan Floyd, John
Smith Preston, George
Rogers Clark Floyd, Edward
Carrington Cabell, Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed of Earle
Cabell; third cousin of John
William Leftwich. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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of Breckenridge,
Missouri, is named for
him. — The city
of Breckenridge,
Colorado, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John C. Breckinridge (built 1943 at Savannah,
Georgia; scrapped 1960) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — BillionGraves
burial record — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | 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 — William
C. Davis, Breckinridge
: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol |
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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.
Slaveowner.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., September
20, 1864 (age 49 years, 1
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Washington, Ark.
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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 house of commons, 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.
Slaveowner.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
21, 1872 (age 61 years, 73
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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George Proctor Kane (1817-1878) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., August
4, 1817.
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1849-53; 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 in Baltimore,
Md., June 23,
1878 (age 60 years, 323
days).
Interment at New
Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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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.
Slaveowner.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., February
18, 1874 (age 57 years, 303
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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John Hemphill (1803-1862) —
of Texas.
Born in Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C., December
18, 1803.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; judge of Texas Republic, 1840; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1846-58; 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; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; died
in office 1862; candidate for Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1861.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., January
7, 1862 (age 58 years, 20
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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William King Sebastian (1812-1865) —
also known as William K. Sebastian —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.
Born in Centerville, Hickman
County, Tenn., June 12,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas state legislature, 1840; 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.
Slaveowner.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 20,
1865 (age 52 years, 342
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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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.
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.
Surveyor-General for Iowa & Wisconsin, 1845; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1848-59; U.S. Minister to New Grenada, 1859-61.
Welsh
ancestry.
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.
Slaveowner.
Died in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, July 22,
1896 (age 92 years, 101
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
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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 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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William T. Casto (1824-1862) —
Born January
24, 1824.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Maysville, Ky., 1850; arrested
in 1861 and imprisoned
for allegedly aiding the Confederacy; released in 1862.
Blamed Col. Leonidas Metcalfe (son of Gov. Thomas
Metcalfe) for his imprisonment; challenged him to a duel; the
weapons were Colt rifles at 60 yards; Casto was shot and
killed
on the first fire, in Bracken
County, Ky., May 8,
1862 (age 38 years, 104
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Abijah Casto. |
| | | Epitaph: "A Patriot, his Country's firm
unwavering friend, he was willing to die for his Principles and as a
man of Honor nobly fell a Veteran of the sacred and invincible right
of personal liberty." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Bullock Clark (1802-1885) —
also known as John B. Clark —
of Fayette, Howard
County, Mo.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., April
17, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; Howard
County Court Clerk, 1824-34; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Black Hawk War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1857-61; expelled
1861; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1860;
expelled
from Congress in July 1861 for having taken up arms against the
union; Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Senator
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., October
29, 1885 (age 83 years, 195
days).
Interment at Fayette
City Cemetery, Fayette, Mo.
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John Merryman (1824-1881) —
of Cockeysville, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., August
9, 1824.
Alleged to have led a mob in Baltimore which destroyed
telegraph lines; arrested
in 1861 by Union troops, and held at Fort McHenry, Baltimore;
petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, which was granted by Chief
Justice Roger
B. Taney, but President Abraham
Lincoln had suspended habeas corpus and refused to follow Taney's
ruling; Maryland
state treasurer, 1870-72.
Died in Baltimore
County, Md., November
15, 1881 (age 57 years, 98
days).
Interment at Sherwood
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cockeysville, Md.
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Jesse David Bright (1812-1875) —
also known as Jesse D. Bright —
of Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind.; Jeffersonville, Clark
County, Ind.
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., December
18, 1812.
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; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Kentucky.
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.
Slaveowner.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 20,
1875 (age 62 years, 153
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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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 (age 58 years, 289
days).
Interment at St.
Patrick Cemetery, Garryowen, Iowa.
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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; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1872,
1884;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama at-large, 1873-75; defeated, 1874.
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 (age 65 years, 47
days).
Interment at McKendree
Cemetery, Near Decatur, Morgan County, Ala.
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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.
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.
Slaveowner.
Died in Osceola, St. Clair
County, Mo., August
14, 1885 (age 67 years, 332
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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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 (age about 43
years).
Original interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio; reinterment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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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 (age 66 years, 235
days).
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio.
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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; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1868;
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 (age 78 years, 106
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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Eccles G. Van Riper (b. 1841) —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1841.
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.
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Trusten Polk (1811-1876) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Bridgeville, Sussex
County, Del., May 29,
1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 28th District,
1845-46; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri; Governor of
Missouri, 1857; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1857-62; expelled 1862; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate on January 10, 1862 over his support for
secession.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
16, 1876 (age 64 years, 323
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Joshua Chilton (1818-1862) —
of Shannon
County, Mo.
Born in Wayne
County, Tenn., September
28, 1818.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Shannon County, 1846-55;
member of Missouri
state senate 24th District, 1860-61.
Member, Freemasons.
Arrested
by Union troops as an alleged Southern sympathizer, and while
a prisoner,
was shot and
killed,
near Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., August
28, 1862 (age 43 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Campbell Anderson (1830-1891) —
also known as Joseph C. Anderson —
of Kansas.
Born in Jessamine
County, Ky., 1830.
Lawyer;
member of Kansas
territorial legislature, 1855; arrested
and imprisoned
during the Civil War for refusing to sign an oath of
allegiance to the Union.
Died in 1891
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Clement Laird Vallandigham (1820-1871) —
also known as Clement L. Vallandigham —
of Ohio.
Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana
County, Ohio, July 29,
1820.
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, in the Lebanon House hotel,
Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio, June 17,
1871 (age 50 years, 323
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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William McKendree Gwin (1805-1885) —
also known as W. M. Gwin —
of Mississippi; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born near Gallatin, Sumner
County, Tenn., October
9, 1805.
Democrat. Physician;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1841-43; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1849; U.S.
Senator from California, 1850-55, 1857-61.
Engaged in a duel
with J.
W. McCorkle, June 1, 1853; there were no injuries; twice arrested
for alleged disloyalty during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
3, 1885 (age 79 years, 329
days).
Entombed at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Robert Murphy Mayo (1836-1896) —
also known as Robert M. Mayo —
of Virginia.
Born in Hague, Westmoreland
County, Va., April
28, 1836.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; court
martialed in the Confederate Army, 1863, for drunkenness,
and reduced in
rank; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1881-82, 1885-88; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1883-84.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hague, Westmoreland
County, Va., March
29, 1896 (age 59 years, 336
days).
Interment at Yeocomico
Cemetery, Kinsale, Va.
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John Harrison Surratt Jr. (1844-1916) —
also known as John H. Surratt, Jr. —
of Surrattsville (now Clinton), Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
13, 1844.
Postmaster at Surrattsville,
Md., 1862-63; dismissed
as postmaster in 1863 for alleged disloyalty to the Union;
became a Confederate courier and spy; he
and others attempted to kidnap
President Abraham
Lincoln; later, the plot to kill the President and other
government officials was formulated at his mother's boarding house in
Washington; he denied involvement in the assassination, but fled
overseas; he was arrested
in Alexandria, Egypt, and sent back to the U.S.; tried in a Maryland
court in 1867 for his alleged involvement in the murder
plot, but the jury couldn't reach a verdict, and a mistrial was
declared; treasurer of a steamship
company.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Baltimore,
Md., April
21, 1916 (age 72 years, 8
days).
Interment at New
Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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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. Newspaper
editor; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1834; member of Ohio
state senate, 1836; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1844,
1856,
1864;
postmaster at Columbus,
Ohio, 1847-49, 1858; 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 dispute with Great Britain
in the 1840s; the American claim of all the land up to 54°40'
north latitude encompassed most of what is now British Columbia. Indicted
by a federal grand jury in 1864 for conspiracy against the
government; arrested;
released on bond; never tried.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, November
7, 1864 (age 63 years, 256
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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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
(age about
78 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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; defeated, 1860;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864,
1880;
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 (age 69 years, 339
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Buckner Stith Morris (1800-1879) —
also known as Buckner S. Morris —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Augusta, Bracken
County, Ky., August
19, 1800.
Whig. Lawyer; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1838-39; candidate for secretary
of state of Illinois, 1852; circuit judge in Illinois, 1853-55;
served as treasurer of the Sons of Liberty, a Northern
pro-Confederate organization; in 1864, he was arrested
and imprisoned
for taking part in an alleged plot to break out prisoners of
war held at Camp Douglas in Chicago.
Catholic.
Thought to be the originator of "to hell in a handbasket," though the
phrase wasn't widely used before the 1940s.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
16, 1879 (age 79 years, 119
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Edmund C. Weeks (1829-1907) —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Massachusetts, March
10, 1829.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; court-martialed
in 1864, charged
with killing
a sentry, conduct
unbecoming an officer, and conduct
prejudicial to order and discipline; the trial lasted 53 days;
witnesses against him were reported to be "rebel refugees and
deserters"; the military court found him not guilty on all
charges; Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1870; Leon
County Sheriff, 1873-74; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1877, 1885; postmaster at Tallahassee,
Fla., 1890; U.S. Marshall for Northern District of Florida; U.S.
Surveyor-General for Florida, 1902-05.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., April
12, 1907 (age 78 years, 33
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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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 Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1872,
1904
(Honorary
Vice-President); 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.
Slaveowner.
Died of pneumonia
in Palestine, Anderson
County, Tex., March 6,
1905 (age 86 years, 149
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Palestine, Tex.
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883) —
also known as Alexander H. Stephens; "The Little Pale
Star from Georgia" —
of Crawfordville, Taliaferro
County, Ga.
Born near Crawfordville, Taliaferro
County, Ga., February
11, 1812.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1836; member of Georgia
state senate, 1842; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1843-59, 1873-82 (at-large 1843-45,
7th District 1845-53, 8th District 1853-59, 1873-82); candidate for
Presidential Elector for Georgia; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Vice
President of the Confederacy, 1861-65; arrested
for treason in May 1865, and held for five months at Fort
Warren; Governor of
Georgia, 1882-83; died in office 1883.
Slaveowner.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March 4,
1883 (age 71 years, 21
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.; reinterment at Alexander
H. Stephens Memorial State Park, Crawfordville, Ga.
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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 (age 72 years, 76
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Episcopal Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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Luke Pryor Blackburn (1816-1887) —
also known as Luke P. Blackburn —
of Kentucky.
Born in Woodford
County, Ky., June 16,
1816.
Physician;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 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 (age 71 years, 90
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Mitchell Blackburn and Lavinia St. Clair (Bell) Blackburn;
brother of Joseph
Clay Stiles Blackburn; married, November
24, 1835, to Ella Boswell; married, November
17, 1857, to Julia Churchill; uncle of Corinne Blackburn (who
married William
Holt Gale); granduncle of Smith
Alford Blackburn; great-granduncle of Charles
Milton Blackburn; first cousin twice removed of Gabriel
Slaughter; third cousin of Charles
Rice Slaughter; third cousin once removed of Robert
Pryor Henry, John
Flournoy Henry and Gustavus
Adolphus Henry. |
| | | Political families: Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Blackburn Correctional
Complex (opened 1972), in Lexington,
Kentucky, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Luke Pryor Blackburn: Nancy
Disher Baird, Luke
Pryor Blackburn : Physician, Governor, Reformer |
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Abraham Kurkindolle Allison (1810-1893) —
also known as Abraham K. Allison —
Born in Jones
County, Ga., December
10, 1810.
Member of Florida
territorial legislature, 1830; 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 (age 82 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Jones Pettus (1813-1867) —
also known as John J. Pettus —
of Mississippi.
Born in Wilson
County, Tenn., October
9, 1813.
Governor
of Mississippi, 1854, 1859-63.
Slaveowner.
After the Civil War, as a Confederate leader, amnesty was
refused to him, and he became a fugitive;
the manhunt continued until his death, from pneumonia,
in Pulaski County (part now in Lonoke
County), Ark., January
25, 1867 (age 53 years, 108
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Flat
Bayou Burial Ground, Near Wabbaseka, Jefferson County, Ark.
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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.
Slaveowner.
Died near Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md., April 4,
1895 (age 89 years, 112
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, St. Mary's County, Md.
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George Wythe Randolph (1818-1867) —
also known as George W. Randolph —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., March
10, 1818.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Richmond city, 1861;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1862; after the collapse of the
Confederacy, fled
to Europe to avoid
capture; pardoned
in 1866.
Episcopalian.
Died of pulmonary
pneumonia, near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., April 3,
1867 (age 49 years, 24
days).
Interment at Monticello
Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr. and Martha
Jefferson Randolph; brother of Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and Virginia Jefferson Randolph (who married Nicholas
Philip Trist); uncle of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge; grandson of Thomas
Jefferson; granduncle of John
Gardner Coolidge; great-grandson of Archibald
Cary; second great-grandson of Richard
Randolph; first cousin of Francis
Wayles Eppes; first cousin once removed of Dabney
Carr, John
Wayles Eppes and Frederick
Madison Roberts; first cousin twice removed of John
Randolph of Roanoke; first cousin thrice removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Dabney
Smith Carr; second cousin once removed of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall and Alexander
Keith Marshall; second cousin twice removed of Theodorick
Bland, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph and Edith
Wilson; third cousin of Thomas
Marshall, John
Jordan Crittenden, Thomas
Turpin Crittenden, Robert
Crittenden, James
Keith Marshall and Carter
Henry Harrison; third cousin once removed of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828), Henry
St. George Tucker, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, Alexander
Parker Crittenden, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas
Theodore Crittenden, John
Augustine Marshall and Carter
Henry Harrison II; third cousin twice removed of Thomas
Theodore Crittenden Jr., William
Marshall Bullitt and Alexander
Scott Bullitt; fourth cousin of Edmund
Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Jones Hardeman, Bailey
Hardeman, Fitzhugh
Lee, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, Benjamin
Earl Cabell and William
Henry Robertson. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on Confederate States $100 notes in 1862-64.
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George Davis (1820-1896) —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Porter's Neck, Pender
County, N.C., March 1,
1820.
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 (age 75 years, 359
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.; statue erected 1911 at Third
and Market Streets, Wilmington, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Frederick Davis and Sarah Isabella (Eagles) Davis;
half-brother and fourth cousin of Horatio
Davis; married, November
17, 1842, to Mary Adelaide Polk (first cousin once removed of Frank
Lyon Polk; second cousin once removed of James
Knox Polk and William
Hawkins Polk; third cousin of Marshall
Tate Polk); married, May 9,
1866, to Monimia Fairfax; 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; cousin three different ways of Alfred
Moore Waddell; second cousin twice removed of William
Henry Hill. |
| | | Political families: Ashe-Polk
family of North Carolina; Polk
family; Manly-Haywood-Polk
family of Raleigh, North Carolina (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS George Davis (built 1942 at Wilmington,
North Carolina; scrapped 1960) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889) —
also known as Jefferson Davis —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, Miss.; Warren
County, Miss.
Born in a log
cabin, Fairview, Christian County (now Todd
County), Ky., June 3,
1808.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;
candidate for Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1843; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Mississippi; 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.
Captured
by Union forces in May 1865 and imprisoned
without trial for about two years.
Slaveowner.
Died of bronchitis
and malaria
in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
6, 1889 (age 81 years, 186
days).
Original interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1893 at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.; memorial monument at Memorial Avenue, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis; married, June 17,
1835, to Sarah Knox Taylor (daughter of Zachary
Taylor and Margaret
Taylor); married, February
25, 1845, to Varina Howell (granddaughter of Richard
Howell); uncle of Mary Bradford (who married Richard
Brodhead); granduncle of Jefferson
Davis Brodhead and Frances Eileen Hutt (who married Thomas
Edmund Dewey). |
| | | Political families: Taylor-Brodhead
family of Easton, Pennsylvania; Davis-Howell-Morgan-Agnew
family of New Orleans and Shreveport, Louisiana (subsets of the
Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | 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 |
| | | Jeff Davis
County, Ga., Jefferson Davis
Parish, La., Jefferson Davis
County, Miss. and Jeff Davis
County, Tex. are named for him. |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS Jefferson Davis (built 1942 at Mobile,
Alabama; scrapped 1961) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: J.
Davis Brodhead
— Jefferson
D. Hostetter
— Jefferson
D. Blount
— Jefferson
Davis Carwile
— Jeff
Davis
— Jefferson
D. Helms
— Jefferson
Davis Wiggins
— Jefferson
Davis Parris
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on Confederate States 50 cent notes in 1861-64.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | 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 — Clint Johnson, Pursuit:
The Chase, Capture, Persecution, and Surprising Release of
Confederate President Jefferson Davis |
| | | Image source: Frank Leslie's
Illustrated Newspaper, March 9, 1861 |
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Andrew Gordon Magrath (1813-1893) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
8, 1813.
U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1856-60; resigned 1860; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-61; resigned 1861; 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 (age 80 years, 60
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Stephen Russell Mallory (c.1813-1873) —
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, about 1813.
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.
Slaveowner.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., November
9, 1873 (age about 60
years).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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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 (age 67 years, 302
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Bolivar County, Miss.
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Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. (1816-1882) —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., December
13, 1816.
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.
Suspected of conspiring with other Confederates to assassinate
President Abraham
Lincoln, he was imprisoned
for nearly a year after the war.
Slaveowner.
Died near Gurley, Madison
County, Ala., January
3, 1882 (age 65 years, 21
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
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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; arrested
by Union forces in Union Springs, Alabama, in May 1865; imprisoned
for a few weeks.
Baptist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
16, 1892 (age 73 years, 257
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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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.
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; imprisoned
as a Confederate at Fort Pulaski, Fla. for a time after the
Civil War.
Jewish.
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1886 (age 76 years, 120
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Alexander Seddon (1815-1880) —
also known as James A. Seddon —
of Virginia.
Born in Falmouth, Stafford
County, Va., 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.
Slaveowner.
Died in Goochland
County, Va., August
19, 1880 (age 65 years, 37
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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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.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., December
15, 1885 (age 75 years, 166
days).
Interment at Rest
Haven Cemetery, Washington, Ga.
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George Alfred Trenholm (1807-1876) —
also known as George A. Trenholm —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
25, 1807.
Democrat. Banker;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1852, 1853-56, 1874-76
(St. Philip & St. Michael 1852, 1853-56, Charleston County 1874-76);
Confederate
Secretary of the Treasury, 1864-65.
Arrested
by Union forces in 1865, and imprisoned
at Fort Pulaski, Tennessee, until October.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
9, 1876 (age 69 years, 288
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Henry Stuart Foote (1804-1880) —
also known as Henry S. Foote; "Hangman
Foote" —
of Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., February
28, 1804.
Lawyer;
co-founder
of LaGrange College, which later became the University of North
Alabama; fought four duels;
fled
Alabama in 1830 to escape
prosecution for dueling;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1847-52; exchanged blows with Thomas
Hart Benton on the floor of the U.S. Senate; Governor of
Mississippi, 1852-54; Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; expelled
from the Confederate Congress in early 1865 for going North on an
unauthorized peace mission; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1876.
Slaveowner.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 19,
1880 (age 76 years, 81
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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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 (age 54 years, 178
days).
Interment at Poplar
Grove Cemetery, Henry County, Tenn.
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John Winthrop Chanler (1826-1877) —
also known as John W. Chanler —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1863-69.
On May 14, 1866, he offered a resolution defending President Andrew
Johnson's veto of Reconstruction enactments, which he
called "the wicked and revolutionary acts of a few malignant and
mischievous men." On motion of Rep. Robert
C. Schenck, he was censured
for insulting
the House of Representatives.
Died in Barrytown, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
19, 1877 (age 51 years, 35
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Albert Rhodes (b. 1840) —
of Pennsylvania; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., 1840.
U.S. Consul in Jerusalem, 1863-65; Rotterdam, as of 1866; Rouen, 1877-83; Elberfeld, 1883-85; 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.
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George Washington Jones (1828-1903) —
also known as George W. Jones —
of Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex.
Born in Marion
County, Ala., September
5, 1828.
Lawyer;
Bastrop
County Attorney, 1858-60; colonel in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1866-67; removed from
office as Lieutenant Governor by Gen. Philip Sheridan, 1867, for
being an "impediment to Reconstruction"; U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1879-83.
Slaveowner.
Died in Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex., July 11,
1903 (age 74 years, 309
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bastrop, Tex.
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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.
Methodist.
African
ancestry.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
4, 1891 (age 79 years, 247
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Grubb Humphreys (1808-1882) —
also known as Benjamin G. Humphreys —
of Mississippi.
Born in Claiborne
County, Miss., August
26, 1808.
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 (age 74 years, 116
days).
Interment at Wintergreen
Cemetery, Port Gibson, Miss.
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William Dudley Chipley (1840-1897) —
also known as W. D. Chipley —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., June 6,
1840.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
fought against Reconstruction along with other members of the
Ku Klux
Klan; he was among those implicated
in the murder
of George
W. Ashburn in in 1868; tried in
a military court, but Georgia's re-admission to the Union ended
military jurisdiction, so he and his co-defendants were released;
general manager of the Pensacola Railroad;
successfully promoted the construction of the Pensacola and Atlanta
Railroad
in 1881-83; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,
1884,
1892;
mayor
of Pensacola, Fla., 1887-88; member of Florida
state senate, 1895-97.
Died in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., December
1, 1897 (age 57 years, 178
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Columbus, Ga.
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