U.S. Congressman. Moving to Aberdeen, Mississippi, he studied law, was admitted to bar and practiced law. Entering politics, he became the secretary of the Mississippi State Senate and served as Lieutenant Colonel of the 2nd Mississippi Volunteer Infantry, during the Mexican-American War. After the war, he was elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-second Congress, serving (1851-53). An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he moved to Texas in 1853, resumed the practice of law and attended the National Convention in 1858. With the advent of the Civil War, he was elected to the First Confederate Congress in 1861, when Texas seceded from the union. After his term in the Confederate Congress expired, he was commissioned Colonel in the Confederate Army, serving as aide to Major General John B. Magruder. Elected to the Second Confederate Congress, he died unexpectedly of apoplexy shortly before taking office.
He was originally buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, but was reinterred at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
He was originally buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, but was reinterred at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Congressman. Moving to Aberdeen, Mississippi, he studied law, was admitted to bar and practiced law. Entering politics, he became the secretary of the Mississippi State Senate and served as Lieutenant Colonel of the 2nd Mississippi Volunteer Infantry, during the Mexican-American War. After the war, he was elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-second Congress, serving (1851-53). An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he moved to Texas in 1853, resumed the practice of law and attended the National Convention in 1858. With the advent of the Civil War, he was elected to the First Confederate Congress in 1861, when Texas seceded from the union. After his term in the Confederate Congress expired, he was commissioned Colonel in the Confederate Army, serving as aide to Major General John B. Magruder. Elected to the Second Confederate Congress, he died unexpectedly of apoplexy shortly before taking office.
He was originally buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, but was reinterred at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
He was originally buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, but was reinterred at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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