Confederate States of America Congressman. Jeremiah Clapp served, during the American Civil War, as a member of the First Confederate Congress as a representative from Mississippi from 1862 to 1864. He was in charge of Confederate cotton in Mississippi as well as sections of Alabama and Louisiana. He would ensure that cotton would be turned into Confederate uniforms and sent to Richmond, Virginia until Union forces stopped him. After the war, he relocated to Memphis, Tennessee in 1866 to practice law, and later, he served in the Mississippi State Senate from 1878 to 1880. Born the son of a surgeon, he graduated from Hampden–Sydney College in 1835 before studying law and beginning his law practice in 1839. He moved his practice to Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1841. He was the owner of cotton plantations in Mississippi and Arkansas, on which slaves provided the labor. He married and had eight children. His family lived at Oakleigh Plantation at Hot Springs. In 1850 he joined the States' Rights Party. From 1856 to 1858, he served as a judge in the Mississippi House of Representatives and in 1860, he was an elector for presidential candidate John Cabell Breckinridge. He supported leaving the Union and the Civil War, not realizing the cost to the South that would bring. In the 21st century, his home, Oakleigh, is now registered on the National Register of Historical Homes.
Confederate States of America Congressman. Jeremiah Clapp served, during the American Civil War, as a member of the First Confederate Congress as a representative from Mississippi from 1862 to 1864. He was in charge of Confederate cotton in Mississippi as well as sections of Alabama and Louisiana. He would ensure that cotton would be turned into Confederate uniforms and sent to Richmond, Virginia until Union forces stopped him. After the war, he relocated to Memphis, Tennessee in 1866 to practice law, and later, he served in the Mississippi State Senate from 1878 to 1880. Born the son of a surgeon, he graduated from Hampden–Sydney College in 1835 before studying law and beginning his law practice in 1839. He moved his practice to Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1841. He was the owner of cotton plantations in Mississippi and Arkansas, on which slaves provided the labor. He married and had eight children. His family lived at Oakleigh Plantation at Hot Springs. In 1850 he joined the States' Rights Party. From 1856 to 1858, he served as a judge in the Mississippi House of Representatives and in 1860, he was an elector for presidential candidate John Cabell Breckinridge. He supported leaving the Union and the Civil War, not realizing the cost to the South that would bring. In the 21st century, his home, Oakleigh, is now registered on the National Register of Historical Homes.
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