United States Senator. He was born in Martinsburg, Virginia, which became West Virginia, at Boydville, the family estate. Before he was age 15, he attended private schools in Ellicott City, Maryland, Paris, France and Switzerland. In 1862 he entered the Virginia Military Institute and during the American Civil War, served in the Cadet Corps at the Battle of New Market. While in the Confederate Army, Faulkner served on Stonewall Jackson's staff. Later in the war, he was assigned to the staff of General Breckenridge and ultimately to the staff of General Henry Wise. He surrendered with General Wise at Appomattox. After the war, he entered the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and graduated in 1868. He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and was judge of the 13th Judicial Circuit of West Virginia from 1800 until 1887. In 1887 he was elected to the United States Senate and re-elected in 1893. During his two terms of service, he was a member of several committees, including Judiciary, Appropriations, District of Columbia, Pacific Railroads, Territories, Indian Depredations, Claims and others. One notable event was a filibuster he delivered to defeat the Force Bill, which lasted a full 24 hours and ended in success. With the Democratic party, he was chairman of the Democratic State Convention in 1888 and 1892, and was chairman of the Congressional Committee in 1894, 1896 and 1898. While a senator, President McKinley appointed him to the Anglo-American Commission to promote a closer relationship between the governments of the United States, Great Britain and Canada. He was also appointed by Governor Howard M. Gore of West Virginia to represent Berkeley County in the State Historical Society. Socially, Senator Faulkner was chosen grand master of the Grand Lodge of West Virginia Masons in 1879. He was later initiated into the Society of The Ravens of the University of Virginia in 1909, and to the Society of Phi Beta Kappa of Virginia in 1912. He was a member of the Metropolitan Club of Washington, the Delta Psi of the University of Virginia, the American Geographical Society of New York, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. After is political service, he continue the practice of law and was counsel for several railroads, banks and trust companies. Faulkner home, a Martinsburg landmark, is on the National Register of Historic Places.