U.S. Congressman. He engaged in rice cultivation, studied law, was admitted to bar in 1836 and commenced the practice of law in New Hanover County, North Carolina. He was a member of the North Carolina Senate, (1846-48). In 1849, he was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first, Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses, serving until 1855. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he was again a member of the North Carolina Senate, (1859-61) and was a member of the North Carolina Constitutional Convention in 1861. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army as a Major, in charge of all transportation from the South to Virginia. He also was president of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company until death being killed in a railroad accident on his 48th birthday.
U.S. Congressman. He engaged in rice cultivation, studied law, was admitted to bar in 1836 and commenced the practice of law in New Hanover County, North Carolina. He was a member of the North Carolina Senate, (1846-48). In 1849, he was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first, Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses, serving until 1855. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he was again a member of the North Carolina Senate, (1859-61) and was a member of the North Carolina Constitutional Convention in 1861. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army as a Major, in charge of all transportation from the South to Virginia. He also was president of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company until death being killed in a railroad accident on his 48th birthday.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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