United States Representatives from Alabama 2

Image currently unavailable	CALDWELL, John Henry (1826-1902)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Huntsville, Ala., April 4, 1826; attended the common schools of Huntsville and Bacon College, Harrodsburg, Ky.; taught school in Limestone County, Ala., four years; moved to Jacksonville, Ala., in 1848; was principal of the Jacksonville Female Academy 1848-1852 and of the Jacksonville Male Academy 1853-1857; edited the Jacksonville Republican in 1851 and 1852 and assumed the editorship of the Sunny South in 1855; member of the State house of representatives in 1857 and 1858; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Jacksonville, Ala.; during the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army and organized Company A of the Tenth Alabama Regiment, from St. Clair and Calhoun Counties, and served throughout the war; promoted to major and then to lieutenant colonel; served in the Army of Virginia; elected solicitor for the tenth judicial circuit in 1863 but was deposed by the Provisional Governor in 1865; reelected the same year, and in 1867 was removed from office for refusing to obey military orders; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877); chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Forty-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1876; resumed the practice of law; died in Jacksonville, Ala., September 4, 1902; interment in Jacksonville Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 44 1875-1876 Representative Democrat 43 1873-1874

	CALLAHAN, Herbert Leon (Sonny) (1932- )
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., September 11, 1932; graduated from McGill Institute High School, Mobile, Ala., 1950; attended the University of Alabama, Mobile, Ala., 1959-1960; United States Navy, 1952-1954; businessman; member of the Alabama state house of representatives, 1971-1979; member of the Alabama state senate, 1979-1983; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 1982; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-ninth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1985-January 3, 2003); not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 107 2001-2002 Representative Republican 106 1999-2000 Representative Republican 105 1997-1998 Representative Republican 104 1995-1996 Representative Republican 103 1993-1994 Representative Republican 102 1991-1992 Representative Republican 101 1989-1990 Representative Republican 100 1987-1988 Representative Republican 99 1985-1986

Image currently unavailable	CALLIS, John Benton (1828-1898)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C., January 3, 1828; moved to Tennessee in 1834 with his parents, who settled in Carroll County, and thence, in 1840, to Lancaster, Grant County, Wis.; attended the common schools; studied medicine for three years, but then abandoned its further study; went to Minnesota in 1849; moved to California in 1851 and engaged in mining and the mercantile business; went to Central America in 1853; returned to Lancaster, Wis., in the fall of that year and again engaged in mercantile pursuits; entered the Union Army as a lieutenant, and was promoted to captain in the Seventh Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, August 30, 1861; major January 5, 1863; appointed by President Lincoln military superintendent of the War Department at Washington, D.C., in 1864; promoted to lieutenant colonel February 11, 1865; settled in Huntsville, Ala., in 1865; resigned his commission in the Army on February 4, 1868; upon the readmission of the State of Alabama to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from July 21, 1868, to March 3, 1869; was not a candidate for renomination in 1868; returned to Lancaster, Wis., and engaged in the real-estate business; member of the State assembly in 1874; retired from active pursuits; died in Lancaster, Wis., on September 24, 1898; interment in Hillside Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 40 1867-1868

Image currently unavailable	CARMICHAEL, Archibald Hill (1864-1947)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Sylvan Grove in Dale County, Ala., June 17, 1864; attended the public schools; was graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1886; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Tuscumbia, Ala.; served as solicitor of the eighth judicial district of Alabama 1890-1894; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1901; member of the State house of representatives 1907-1911 and 1915-1919, serving as speaker in 1907 and 1911; delegate at large to the Democratic National Conventions in 1916, 1928, and 1932; served in the State senate 1919-1923; member of the State Board of Education 1919-1947 and of the Tuscumbia Board of Education 1920-1947; trustee of the University of Alabama 1924-1947; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward B. Almon; reelected to the Seventy-fourth Congress and served from November 14, 1933, to January 3, 1937; was not a candidate for renomination in 1936; resumed the practice of law and was also interested in banking until his death in Tuscumbia, Ala., on July 15, 1947; interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 74 1935-1936 Representative Democrat 73 1933-1934

Image currently unavailable	CHAPMAN, Reuben (1799-1882)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Bowling Green, Caroline County, Va., July 15, 1799; attended an academy in Virginia; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in Somerville, Morgan County, Ala.; member of the State senate 1832-1835; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and as a Democrat to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1847); was not a candidate for renomination in 1846, having become a gubernatorial candidate; Governor of Alabama 1847-1849; member of the State house of representatives in 1855; delegate to the Democratic Convention at Baltimore in 1860; was a representative of the Confederacy to France 1862-1865; resumed the practice of law; died in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., May 16, 1882; interment in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 29 1845-1846 Representative Democrat 28 1843-1844 Representative Democrat 27 1841-1842 Representative Democrat 26 1839-1840 Representative Democrat 25 1837-1838 Representative Jacksonian 24 1835-1836

	CLARKE, Richard Henry (1843-1906)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Dayton, Marengo County, Ala., February 9, 1843; attended Green Springs Academy and was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in July 1861; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army as a lieutenant in the First Battalion of Alabama Artillery; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in Dayton, Ala.; moved to Demopolis, Marengo County, Ala., and continued the practice of law; State solicitor for Marengo County 1872-1876; prosecuting attorney of the seventh judicial circuit in 1876 and 1877; resumed the practice of law in Mobile, Ala.; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1897); was not a candidate for renomination, but was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1896; resumed the practice of law; member of the State house of representatives in 1900 and 1901; died in St. Louis, Mo., September 26, 1906; interment in Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 54 1895-1896 Representative Democrat 53 1893-1894 Representative Democrat 52 1891-1892 Representative Democrat 51 1889-1890

	CLAY, Clement Comer (1789-1866)
	Bio: (father of Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr.), a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Halifax County, Va., December 17, 1789; moved with his parents to a farm near Knoxville, Tenn.; attended the public schools and graduated from the East Tennessee University in 1807; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1809; moved to Huntsville, Ala., in 1811, and commenced practice; served in the war against the Creek Indians in 1813; member, Territorial council of Alabama 1817-1818; elected a judge of the circuit court in 1819 and chief justice in 1820; resigned in 1823 and resumed the practice of law; member, State house of representatives 1827-1828, and served as speaker; elected to the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, and Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1835); chairman, Committee on Public Lands (Twenty-third Congress); Governor of Alabama 1836-1837; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John McKinley and served from June 19, 1837, until his resignation on November 15, 1841; chairman, Committee on Engrossed Bills (Twenty-fifth Congress), Committee on Militia (Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses); associate judge of the State supreme court in 1843; codified the laws of Alabama in 1842 and 1843; died in Huntsville, Ala., September 7, 1866; interment in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 27 1841-1842 Senator Democrat 26 1839-1840 Senator Democrat 25 1837-1838 Representative Democrat 23 1833-1834 Representative Democrat 22 1831-1832 Representative Democrat 21 1829-1830

	CLAYTON, Henry De Lamar (1857-1929)
	Bio: (brother of Bertram Tracy Clayton), a Representative from Alabama; born near Clayton, Barbour County, Ala., February 10, 1857; attended the common schools; was graduated from the literary department of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1877 and from its law department in 1878; was admitted to the bar in the latter year and commenced practice in Clayton, Ala.; moved to Eufaula, Ala., in 1880 and continued the practice of law; member of the State house of representatives in 1890 and 1891; United States district attorney for the middle district of Alabama 1893-1896; permanent chairman of the Democratic National Convention in 1908; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, until May 25, 1914, when he resigned and moved to Montgomery, Ala., to accept a commission as United States judge for the middle and northern district of Alabama, in which capacity he served until his death; chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses); sponsor of the Clayton anti-trust act of 1914; one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1905 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Charles Swayne, judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, and in 1912 against Robert W. Archbald, judge of the United States Commerce Court; appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joseph F. Johnston, but his appointment was challenged and withdrawn; died in Montgomery, Ala., December 21, 1929; interment in Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 63 1913-1914 Representative Democrat 62 1911-1912 Representative Democrat 61 1909-1910 Representative Democrat 60 1907-1908 Representative Democrat 59 1905-1906 Representative Democrat 58 1903-1904 Representative Democrat 57 1901-1902 Representative Democrat 56 1899-1900 Representative Democrat 55 1897-1898

Image currently unavailable	CLEMENTS, Newton Nash (1837-1900)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Tuscaloosa County, Ala., December 23, 1837; was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1858; entered Harvard University in 1859; studied law but never practiced; during the Civil War entered the Confederate Army as a captain in the Twenty-sixth Alabama Regiment, afterward the Fiftieth Alabama Regiment; successively promoted to major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel; member of the State house of representatives 1870-1872 and 1874-1878, serving as speaker in 1876, 1877, and 1878; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Burwell B. Lewis and served from December 8, 1880, to March 3, 1881; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1880; largely interested in planting and cotton manufactures; died in Tuscaloosa, Ala., February 20, 1900; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 46 1879-1880

	CLOPTON, David (1820-1892)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Putnam County, near Milledgeville, Ga., September 29, 1820; attended the county schools and Edenton (Ga.) Academy; was graduated from Randolph-Macon College, Boydton, Va., in 1840; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1841 and commenced practice in Milledgeville, Ga.; moved to Tuskegee, Ala., in 1844, and continued the practice of his profession; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1859, to January 21, 1861, when he withdrew; during the Civil War enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army in the Twelfth Alabama Infantry for one year; elected as a Representative to the First and Second Confederate Congresses and served from 1862 to 1864; appointed judge of the supreme court of Alabama October 30, 1884, and served until his death; died in Montgomery, Ala., February 5, 1892; interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 36 1859-1860

	COBB, Williamson Robert Winfield (1807-1864)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Rhea County, Tenn., June 8, 1807; moved in 1809 to Bellefontaine, Madison County, Ala., with his father, who settled on a plantation and engaged in the raising of cotton; received a limited education; was a clock peddler for a short time and subsequently entered the mercantile business in Bellefontaine; member of the State house of representatives in 1845 and 1846; located on a plantation in Madison County and engaged in cotton raising; elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1847, to January 30, 1861, when he withdrew; chairman, Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Thirty-first through Thirty-third Congresses), Committee on Public Lands (Thirty-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for election to the Confederate House of Representatives in 1861; resumed agricultural pursuits in Madison County; elected in 1863 to the Confederate House of Representatives, but did not take his seat when the new Congress met, whereupon his fidelity was suspected and subsequently he was expelled by a unanimous vote; was killed by the accidental discharge of his own pistol while putting up a fence on his plantation near Bellefontaine, Ala., November 1, 1864; interment in the plot of the Cobb family estate near Cobb’s Bridge in Madison County, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 36 1859-1860 Representative Democrat 35 1857-1858 Representative Democrat 34 1855-1856 Representative Democrat 33 1853-1854 Representative Democrat 32 1851-1852 Representative Democrat 31 1849-1850 Representative Democrat 30 1847-1848

	COBB, James Edward (1835-1903)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Thomaston, Upson County, Ga., October 5, 1835; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Emory College, Oxford, Ga., in June 1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to Texas in 1857; entered the Confederate Army in 1861 as lieutenant in Company F, Fifth Texas Regiment, and served in the Army of Northern Virginia until he was made prisoner at the Battle of Gettysburg; after his release settled in Tuskegee, Ala., and practiced law until 1874; circuit judge from 1874 to 1886; reelected in 1886, but before qualifying was elected to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1895); presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1895, to April 21, 1896, when he was succeeded by Albert T. Goodwyn, who contested his election; resumed the practice of law in Tuskegee, Macon County, Ala.; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1901; died in East Las Vegas, San Miguel County, N.Mex., June 2, 1903; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Tuskegee, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 54 1895-1896 Representative Democrat 53 1893-1894 Representative Democrat 52 1891-1892 Representative Democrat 51 1889-1890 Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888

	COBB, Williamson Robert Winfield (1807-1864)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Rhea County, Tenn., June 8, 1807; moved in 1809 to Bellefontaine, Madison County, Ala., with his father, who settled on a plantation and engaged in the raising of cotton; received a limited education; was a clock peddler for a short time and subsequently entered the mercantile business in Bellefontaine; member of the State house of representatives in 1845 and 1846; located on a plantation in Madison County and engaged in cotton raising; elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1847, to January 30, 1861, when he withdrew; chairman, Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Thirty-first through Thirty-third Congresses), Committee on Public Lands (Thirty-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for election to the Confederate House of Representatives in 1861; resumed agricultural pursuits in Madison County; elected in 1863 to the Confederate House of Representatives, but did not take his seat when the new Congress met, whereupon his fidelity was suspected and subsequently he was expelled by a unanimous vote; was killed by the accidental discharge of his own pistol while putting up a fence on his plantation near Bellefontaine, Ala., November 1, 1864; interment in the plot of the Cobb family estate near Cobb’s Bridge in Madison County, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 36 1859-1860 Representative Democrat 35 1857-1858 Representative Democrat 34 1855-1856 Representative Democrat 33 1853-1854 Representative Democrat 32 1851-1852 Representative Democrat 31 1849-1850 Representative Democrat 30 1847-1848

	COBB, James Edward (1835-1903)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Thomaston, Upson County, Ga., October 5, 1835; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Emory College, Oxford, Ga., in June 1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to Texas in 1857; entered the Confederate Army in 1861 as lieutenant in Company F, Fifth Texas Regiment, and served in the Army of Northern Virginia until he was made prisoner at the Battle of Gettysburg; after his release settled in Tuskegee, Ala., and practiced law until 1874; circuit judge from 1874 to 1886; reelected in 1886, but before qualifying was elected to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1895); presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1895, to April 21, 1896, when he was succeeded by Albert T. Goodwyn, who contested his election; resumed the practice of law in Tuskegee, Macon County, Ala.; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1901; died in East Las Vegas, San Miguel County, N.Mex., June 2, 1903; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Tuskegee, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 54 1895-1896 Representative Democrat 53 1893-1894 Representative Democrat 52 1891-1892 Representative Democrat 51 1889-1890 Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888

	COBB, Williamson Robert Winfield (1807-1864)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Rhea County, Tenn., June 8, 1807; moved in 1809 to Bellefontaine, Madison County, Ala., with his father, who settled on a plantation and engaged in the raising of cotton; received a limited education; was a clock peddler for a short time and subsequently entered the mercantile business in Bellefontaine; member of the State house of representatives in 1845 and 1846; located on a plantation in Madison County and engaged in cotton raising; elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1847, to January 30, 1861, when he withdrew; chairman, Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Thirty-first through Thirty-third Congresses), Committee on Public Lands (Thirty-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for election to the Confederate House of Representatives in 1861; resumed agricultural pursuits in Madison County; elected in 1863 to the Confederate House of Representatives, but did not take his seat when the new Congress met, whereupon his fidelity was suspected and subsequently he was expelled by a unanimous vote; was killed by the accidental discharge of his own pistol while putting up a fence on his plantation near Bellefontaine, Ala., November 1, 1864; interment in the plot of the Cobb family estate near Cobb’s Bridge in Madison County, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 36 1859-1860 Representative Democrat 35 1857-1858 Representative Democrat 34 1855-1856 Representative Democrat 33 1853-1854 Representative Democrat 32 1851-1852 Representative Democrat 31 1849-1850 Representative Democrat 30 1847-1848

	COBB, James Edward (1835-1903)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Thomaston, Upson County, Ga., October 5, 1835; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Emory College, Oxford, Ga., in June 1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to Texas in 1857; entered the Confederate Army in 1861 as lieutenant in Company F, Fifth Texas Regiment, and served in the Army of Northern Virginia until he was made prisoner at the Battle of Gettysburg; after his release settled in Tuskegee, Ala., and practiced law until 1874; circuit judge from 1874 to 1886; reelected in 1886, but before qualifying was elected to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1895); presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1895, to April 21, 1896, when he was succeeded by Albert T. Goodwyn, who contested his election; resumed the practice of law in Tuskegee, Macon County, Ala.; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1901; died in East Las Vegas, San Miguel County, N.Mex., June 2, 1903; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Tuskegee, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 54 1895-1896 Representative Democrat 53 1893-1894 Representative Democrat 52 1891-1892 Representative Democrat 51 1889-1890 Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888

	COBB, Williamson Robert Winfield (1807-1864)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Rhea County, Tenn., June 8, 1807; moved in 1809 to Bellefontaine, Madison County, Ala., with his father, who settled on a plantation and engaged in the raising of cotton; received a limited education; was a clock peddler for a short time and subsequently entered the mercantile business in Bellefontaine; member of the State house of representatives in 1845 and 1846; located on a plantation in Madison County and engaged in cotton raising; elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1847, to January 30, 1861, when he withdrew; chairman, Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Thirty-first through Thirty-third Congresses), Committee on Public Lands (Thirty-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for election to the Confederate House of Representatives in 1861; resumed agricultural pursuits in Madison County; elected in 1863 to the Confederate House of Representatives, but did not take his seat when the new Congress met, whereupon his fidelity was suspected and subsequently he was expelled by a unanimous vote; was killed by the accidental discharge of his own pistol while putting up a fence on his plantation near Bellefontaine, Ala., November 1, 1864; interment in the plot of the Cobb family estate near Cobb’s Bridge in Madison County, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 36 1859-1860 Representative Democrat 35 1857-1858 Representative Democrat 34 1855-1856 Representative Democrat 33 1853-1854 Representative Democrat 32 1851-1852 Representative Democrat 31 1849-1850 Representative Democrat 30 1847-1848

Image currently unavailable	COTTRELL, James La Fayette (1808-1885)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near King William, King William County, Va., August 25, 1808; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Hayneville, Ala.; member of the Alabama house of representatives in 1834, 1836, and 1837; served in the State senate 1838-1841, and was president of that body in 1840; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William L. Yancey and served from December 7, 1846, to March 3, 1847; moved to Florida in 1854; served in the Florida senate 1865-1885; appointed collector of customs at Cedar Keys, Levy County, Fla., and served until his death in that city September 7, 1885; interment in Old Town Cemetery, Old Town, Dixie County, Fla.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 29 1845-1846

Image currently unavailable	CRABB, George Whitfield (1804-1846)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Botetourt County, Va., February 22, 1804; attended the public schools; moved to Tuscaloosa, Ala.; elected assistant secretary of the State senate and comptroller of public accounts in 1829; served in the Florida Indian War of 1836 and was lieutenant colonel of the Alabama Volunteers; member of the State house of representatives in 1836 and 1837; served in the State senate in 1837 and 1838; major general of militia; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joab Lawler; reelected to the Twenty-sixth Congress and served from September 4, 1838, to March 3, 1841; unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-seventh Congress; appointed judge of the county court of Mobile in 1846; died in Philadelphia, Pa., August 15, 1846; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Whig 26 1839-1840 Representative Whig 25 1837-1838

Image currently unavailable	CRAIG, George Henry (1845-1923)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Cahaba, Dallas County, Ala., December 25, 1845; attended the Cahaba Academy; entered the Confederate Army as a private in Colonel Byrd’s regiment, Alabama Volunteers, at Mobile, in 1862; attended the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa as a cadet in 1863; promoted to first lieutenant of Infantry, and in 1863 again entered the Confederate service and remained until the end of the war; resumed his studies at the University of Alabama in 1865; studied law; was admitted to the bar in December 1867 and commenced practice in Selma, Ala.; elected solicitor of Dallas County in 1868; appointed sheriff of Dallas County in March 1869; elected as judge of the criminal court of Dallas County in March 1870; appointed by the Governor in July 1874 judge of the first judicial circuit to fill an unexpired term and was elected to this position on November 4, 1874, and served until 1880; resumed the practice of law in Selma, Ala.; successfully contested as a Republican the election of Charles M. Shelley to the Forty-eighth Congress and served from January 9, 1885, to March 3, 1885; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress; appointed United States attorney for the middle and northern districts of Alabama by President Arthur; was appointed by President Cleveland a member of the Board of Visitors to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1894; resumed the practice of law in Selma, Ala., and died there January 26, 1923; interment in Live Oak Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 48 1883-1884

Image currently unavailable	CRAIG, William Benjamin (1877-1925)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Selma, Dallas County, Ala., November 2, 1877; attended the public and high schools of Selma and was graduated from the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; was admitted to the bar in 1898 and commenced practice in Selma, Ala.; served an apprenticeship as a machinist in the shops of the Southern Railway at Selma from 1893 to 1897; served in the Alabama National Guard as a private, noncommissioned officer, and captain; member of the State senate 1903-1907; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1911); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1910; resumed the practice of law in Selma, Ala.; died in Selma, Ala., November 27, 1925; interment in Live Oak Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 61 1909-1910 Representative Democrat 60 1907-1908

	CRAMER, Robert E. (Bud) (1947- )
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., August 22, 1947; graduated from public schools; B.A., University of Alabama, 1969; J.D., University of Alabama Law School, 1972; United States Army, 1972; United States Army Reserves, 1976-1978; assistant district attorney, Madison County, Ala., 1973-1975; lawyer, private practice; district attorney of Madison County, Ala., 1981-1990; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Second and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1991-January 3, 2009); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 2008.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 110 2007-2008 Representative Democrat 109 2005-2006 Representative Democrat 108 2003-2004 Representative Democrat 107 2001-2002 Representative Democrat 106 1999-2000 Representative Democrat 105 1997-1998 Representative Democrat 104 1995-1996 Representative Democrat 103 1993-1994 Representative Democrat 102 1991-1992

Image currently unavailable	CROWELL, John (1780-1846)
	Bio: a Delegate from Alabama Territory and a Representative from Alabama; born in Halifax County, N.C., September 18, 1780; attended the public schools; moved to Alabama in 1815, having been appointed as agent of the Government to the Muscogees; settled in St. Stephens, Ala., in 1817; elected as a Delegate to the Fifteenth Congress and served from January 29, 1818, to March 3, 1819; upon the admission of Alabama as a State into the Union was elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress and served from December 14, 1819, until March 3, 1821; in 1821 was appointed agent for the Creek Indians, then inhabiting western Georgia and eastern Alabama, and occupied that position until they were moved to the Indian Territory in 1836; died at Fort Mitchell, Ala., June 25, 1846; interment in a private cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 16 1819-1820 Delegate   15 1817-1818

	CURRY, Jabez Lamar Monroe (1825-1903)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Double Branches, Lincoln County, Ga., June 5, 1825; moved with his father to Talladega County, Ala., in 1838; was graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1843; studied law at Harvard University; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Talladega County in 1845; served in the war with Mexico as a private in the Texas Rangers in 1846, but resigned because of ill health; member of the State house of representatives in 1847, 1853, and 1855; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1857, to January 21, 1861, when he withdrew; deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Confederate Congress and a Representative in the First Confederate Congress; during the Civil War served as lieutenant colonel of Cavalry in the Confederate Army; after the war became a Baptist preacher; chosen president of Howard College, Alabama, in 1865; professor in Richmond College, Virginia, 1868-1881; agent of the Peabody and States Funds from 1881 until his death; appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain on October 7, 1885, and served until August 6, 1888, when he resigned; appointed Ambassador Extraordinary on special mission to Spain (the coming of age of the King) February 3, 1902; died in Victoria, near Asheville, N.C., February 12, 1903; interment in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 36 1859-1860 Representative Democrat 35 1857-1858

Image currently unavailable	DARGAN, Edmund Strother (1805-1879)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Wadesboro, Montgomery County, N.C., April 15, 1805; pursued preparatory studies at home; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Wadesboro in 1829; moved to Washington, Ala., where he commenced the practice of law and was for several years a justice of the peace; moved to Montgomery in 1833 and to Mobile in 1841; judge of the circuit court, Mobile district, in 1841 and 1842; served in the State senate in 1844; mayor of Mobile in 1844; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847); did not seek renomination in 1846; associate justice of the State supreme court in 1847, and in 1849 became chief justice; resigned in December 1852 and resumed the practice of law; delegate to the State convention in 1861 and voted for the ordinance of secession; Member of the first Confederate House of Representatives; resumed the practice of law in Mobile, Ala., and died there on November 22, 1879; interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 29 1845-1846

Image currently unavailable	DAVIDSON, Alexander Caldwell (1826-1897)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C., December 26, 1826; attended the public schools of Marengo County, Ala., and was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa July 11, 1848; studied law in Mobile, Ala., but never practiced; engaged in cotton planting near Uniontown, Perry County, Ala.; member of the State house of representatives in 1880 and 1881; served in the State senate 1882-1885; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1888; resumed agricultural pursuits; died at “Westwood,” near Uniontown, Ala., November 6, 1897; interment in the Holy Cross Cemetery of Davidson Memorial Church, Uniontown, Perry County, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888 Representative Democrat 49 1885-1886

	DAVIS, Artur (1967- )
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., on October 9, 1967; graduated from Jefferson Davis High School, Montgomery, Ala.; B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1990; J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1993; lawyer, private practice; clerk, Judge Myron Thompson, Middle District of Alabama, 1993-1994; Assistant United States Attorney, Middle District of Alabama, 1994-1998; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2003-January 3, 2011); not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Alabama in 2010.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 111 2009-2010 Representative Democrat 110 2007-2008 Representative Democrat 109 2005-2006 Representative Democrat 108 2003-2004

Image currently unavailable	deGRAFFENRIED, Edward (1899-1974)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Eutlw, Green County, Ala., on June 30, 1899; graduated from Gulf Coast Military Academy, Gulfport, Miss., in 1917; during the First World War served as a private in the United States Army and was discharged on December 5, 1918, at Camp Pike, Ark.; graduated from law school of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1921; was admitted to the bar in June 1921, and commenced practice of law in Tuscaloosa, Ala.; solicitor of the sixth judicial circuit of Alabama from 1927 through 1934; unsuccessful for reelection in 1934 and for election in 1938; again elected solicitor and served from January 1943 to January 1947; was unsuccessful for the Democratic nomination in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Eight-first and Eight-second Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1953); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1952; continued the practice of law until his retirement shortly before his death in Tuscaloosa, Ala., November 5, 1974; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 82 1951-1952 Representative Democrat 81 1949-1950

Image currently unavailable	DELLET, James (1788-1848)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Camden, N.J., February 18, 1788; moved to Columbia, S.C., with his parents in 1800; was graduated from the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1810; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1813 and practiced; moved to Alabama in 1818 and settled in Claiborne and continued the practice of law; elected to the first State house of representatives of Alabama under the State government in 1819 and served as its speaker; reelected in 1821 and 1825; unsuccessful as the Whig candidate for Congress in 1833; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841); elected to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; died in Claiborne, Monroe County, Ala., December 21, 1848; interment in a private cemetery at Claiborne, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Whig 28 1843-1844 Representative Whig 26 1839-1840

Image currently unavailable	DENSON, William Henry (1846-1906)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Uchee, Russell County, Ala., March 4, 1846; attended the common schools and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa; left the University of Alabama in 1863 to join the Confederate Army; worked on his father’s farm and studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Union Springs, Ala.; moved to Lafayette, Chambers County, Ala., in October 1870; mayor of Lafayette in 1874; member of the State house of representatives in 1876; moved to Gadsden, Etowah County, in 1877 and continued the practice of his profession; appointed by President Cleveland United States district attorney for the northern and middle districts of Alabama and served from June 30, 1885, to June 3, 1889; chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1890; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895); was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894; moved to Birmingham, Ala., where he resumed the practice of law; died in Birmingham, Ala., September 26, 1906; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 53 1893-1894

Image currently unavailable	DENT, Stanley Hubert (1869-1938)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Eufaula, Barbour County, Ala., August 16, 1869; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Southern University (later known as Birmingham Southern College), Greensboro, Ala., in 1886; was graduated from the University of Virginia Law School at Charlottesville in 1889; was admitted to the bar the same year and practiced in Eufaula, Ala., until 1899; moved to Montgomery, Ala., in 1899 and continued the practice of his profession; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1901; prosecuting attorney for Montgomery County 1902-1909; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1908; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1921); chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Sixty-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1920; resumed the practice of law in Montgomery, Ala.; served as president of the State constitutional convention for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1933; died in Montgomery, Ala., on October 6, 1938; interment in Eufaula Cemetery, Eufaula, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 66 1919-1920 Representative Democrat 65 1917-1918 Representative Democrat 64 1915-1916 Representative Democrat 63 1913-1914 Representative Democrat 62 1911-1912 Representative Democrat 61 1909-1910

	DICKINSON, William Louis (1925-2008)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Opelika, Lee County, Ala., June 5, 1925; attended the public schools of Opelika, Ala.; served in United States Navy, 1943-1946; major, United States Air Force Reserves; University of Alabama Law School, J.D., 1950; was admitted to the bar in 1950 and began practice in Opelika, Ala.; Opelika city judge, 1952-1954; judge of Lee County Court of Common Pleas and of Juvenile Court, 1954-1958; circuit judge, Fifth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, 1958-1962; assistant vice president of the Southern Railway System, 1962-1964; member of Opelika Board of Education, 1954-1962, and served as president in 1961; member and one of cofounders of the board of directors of Lee County Rehabilitation Center, 1960-1962; member of Governor’s Industrial Development Committee of One Hundred, 1963; delegate, State Republican conventions, 1964, 1966, 1968, and 1970; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1968; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-ninth and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1993); was not a candidate for renomination in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress; died on March 31, 2008, in Montgomery, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 102 1991-1992 Representative Republican 101 1989-1990 Representative Republican 100 1987-1988 Representative Republican 99 1985-1986 Representative Republican 98 1983-1984 Representative Republican 97 1981-1982 Representative Republican 96 1979-1980 Representative Republican 95 1977-1978 Representative Republican 94 1975-1976 Representative Republican 93 1973-1974 Representative Republican 92 1971-1972 Representative Republican 91 1969-1970 Representative Republican 90 1967-1968 Representative Republican 89 1965-1966

Image currently unavailable	DOWDELL, James Ferguson (1818-1871)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Monticello, Jasper County, Ga., November 26, 1818; completed preparatory studies and in 1840 was graduated from Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1841 and commenced practice in Greenville, Ga.; moved to Chambers County, Ala., in 1846 and engaged in agricultural pursuits; unsuccessful candidate for election to the State house of representatives in 1849 and 1851; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, and Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1859); during the Civil War served as colonel of the Thirty-seventh Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, under General Price from 1862 until the close of the war; president of the East Alabama College at Auburn 1868-1870; died near Auburn, Lee County, Ala., September 6, 1871; interment in City Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 35 1857-1858 Representative Democrat 34 1855-1856 Representative Democrat 33 1853-1854

Image currently unavailable	DOX, Peter Myndert (1813-1891)
	Bio: (grandson of John Nicholas), a Representative from Alabama; born in Geneva, Ontario County, N.Y., September 11, 1813; attended Geneva Academy and was graduated from Hobart College at Geneva in 1833; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Geneva, N.Y.; member of the State assembly in 1842; judge of the Ontario County Courts from November 1855 until his resignation on March 18, 1856; moved to Alabama in the same year and settled in Madison County; engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State constitutional convention in 1865; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1873); retired from public life; died in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., April 2, 1891; interment in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 42 1871-1872 Representative Democrat 41 1869-1870

	EDWARDS, William Jackson (Jack) (1928- )
	Bio: (great, great grandson of William F. Aldrich), a Representative from Alabama; born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., September 20, 1928; graduated from Shades Cahaba, Homewood, Ala., 1946; attended the United States Naval School (academy and college preparatory) in 1947 and 1948; B.S., University of Alabama, University, Ala., 1952; LL.B., University of Alabama, University, Ala., 1954; United States Marine Corps, 1946-1948 and 1950-1951; admitted to the bar in 1954; lawyer, private practice; instructor in business law, 1954; member of Transportation Advisory Committee to Mobile City Planning Commission, 1960-1963; delegate, Alabama Republican state convention, 1970; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-ninth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1985); not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-ninth Congress in 1984; resumed the practice of law; nominated by President Reagan to Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, 1987; is a resident of Point Clear, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 98 1983-1984 Representative Republican 97 1981-1982 Representative Republican 96 1979-1980 Representative Republican 95 1977-1978 Representative Republican 94 1975-1976 Representative Republican 93 1973-1974 Representative Republican 92 1971-1972 Representative Republican 91 1969-1970 Representative Republican 90 1967-1968 Representative Republican 89 1965-1966

Image currently unavailable	ELLIOTT, Carl Atwood (1913-1999)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Vina, Franklin County, Ala., December 20, 1913; attended the public schools of Franklin County; was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1933 and from its law school in 1936; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of law in Russellville, Ala.; in December 1936 moved to Jasper, Ala., and continued the practice of law; served as judge of Recorders Court, Jasper, Ala., in 1942 and 1946; city attorney at various times for Dora, Parrish, Cordova, Carbon Hill, and Oakman, Ala.; served with the Seventy-ninth Division, Three Hundred and Thirteenth Infantry, United States Army, 1942-1944; member of Alabama State Democratic Executive Committee 1942-1950; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1965); chairman, Select Committee on Government Research (Eighty-eighth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; member of the bar of the District of Columbia since 1965; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Alabama in 1966; served on President’s Library Commission 1967-1968; chairman, Public Evaluation Committee, Office of State Technical Services, United States Department of Commerce, 1967-1968; member, Commerce Technical Advisory Board, United States Department of Commerce, 1968-1970; resumed the practice of law until his retirement in 1986; owned and operated an editing and publishing business; was a resident of Jasper, Ala., until his death there on January 9, 1999; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 88 1963-1964 Representative Democrat 87 1961-1962 Representative Democrat 86 1959-1960 Representative Democrat 85 1957-1958 Representative Democrat 84 1955-1956 Representative Democrat 83 1953-1954 Representative Democrat 82 1951-1952 Representative Democrat 81 1949-1950

Image currently unavailable	ERDREICH, Ben (1938- )
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., December 9, 1938; graduated from Shados Valley High School, Birmingham, Ala., 1956; B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1960; J.D., University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1963; editor-in-chief, Alabama Law Review; United States Army, 1963-1965; admitted to Alabama bar, 1963; lawyer, private practice; elected to Alabama house of representatives, 1970-1974; Jefferson County commissioner, Birmingham, Ala., 1974-1982; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1993); delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1988 and 1992; unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992; is a resident of Birmingham, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 102 1991-1992 Representative Democrat 101 1989-1990 Representative Democrat 100 1987-1988 Representative Democrat 99 1985-1986 Representative Democrat 98 1983-1984

	EVERETT, Robert Terry (1937- )
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Dothan, Houston County, Ala., February 15, 1937; graduated from the public schools of Midland City, Ala.; attended Enterprise State Junior College, Enterprise, Ala.; United States Air Force, 1955-1959; journalist; newspaper executive; farmer; contractor; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2009); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 2008.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 110 2007-2008 Representative Republican 109 2005-2006 Representative Republican 108 2003-2004 Representative Republican 107 2001-2002 Representative Republican 106 1999-2000 Representative Republican 105 1997-1998 Representative Republican 104 1995-1996 Representative Republican 103 1993-1994

Image currently unavailable	FLIPPO, Ronnie Gene (1937- )
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala., August 15, 1937; graduated from Coffee High School, Florence, Ala., 1955; attended the public schools of Florence; B.S., Florence State University (later known as University of North Alabama), 1965; M.A., University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1966; CPA, partner, Flippo & Robbins, Florence, Ala., 1972-1976; member of the Alabama state house of representatives, 1971-1975; member of the Alabama state senate, 1975-1977; delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1984; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1977-January 3, 1991); was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Second Congress in 1990 , but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Governor of Alabama; is a resident of Florence, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 101 1989-1990 Representative Democrat 100 1987-1988 Representative Democrat 99 1985-1986 Representative Democrat 98 1983-1984 Representative Democrat 97 1981-1982 Representative Democrat 96 1979-1980 Representative Democrat 95 1977-1978

	FLOWERS, Walter (1933-1984)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Greenville, Butler County, Ala., April 12, 1933; educated in public schools of Tuscaloosa; University of Alabama, A.B., 1955, and LL.B., 1957; Rotary Foundation Fellow at University of London, England, 1957-1958 (graduate student in international law); commissioned as a Reserve officer, Military Intelligence, Army, 1955; served on active duty as lieutenant, 1958-1959; was admitted to the bar in 1957 and commenced practice in Alabama; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1969-January 3, 1979); was not a candidate in 1978 for reelection to the United States House of Representatives but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; businessman; was a resident of McLean, Va., until his death there April 12, 1984; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 95 1977-1978 Representative Democrat 94 1975-1976 Representative Democrat 93 1973-1974 Representative Democrat 92 1971-1972 Representative Democrat 91 1969-1970

Image currently unavailable	FORNEY, William Henry (1823-1894)
	Bio: (grandson of Peter Forney and nephew of Daniel Munroe Forney), a Representative from Alabama; born in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C., November 9, 1823; pursued classical studies, and was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1844; served in the war with Mexico as a first lieutenant in the First Regiment of Alabama Volunteers; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice in Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Ala.; trustee of the University of Alabama 1851-1860; member of the State house of representatives in 1859 and 1860; during the Civil War entered the Confederate Army in 1861 as a captain, and was successively promoted to major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, and brigadier general; surrendered at Appomattox Court House; member of the State senate in 1865 and 1866; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1893); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Forty-sixth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1892; appointed by President Cleveland a member of the Gettysburg Battlefield Commission and served until his death in Jacksonville, Ala., January 16, 1894; interment in the City Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 52 1891-1892 Representative Democrat 51 1889-1890 Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888 Representative Democrat 49 1885-1886 Representative Democrat 48 1883-1884 Representative Democrat 47 1881-1882 Representative Democrat 46 1879-1880 Representative Democrat 45 1877-1878 Representative Democrat 44 1875-1876