Allen T. Caperton
Allen T. Caperton | |
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| United States Senator from West Virginia | |
| In office March 4, 1875 – July 26, 1876 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Boreman |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Price |
| Confederate States Senator from Virginia | |
| In office January 22, 1864 – May 10, 1865 | |
| Preceded by | William B. Preston |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Monroe County | |
| In office December 7, 1857 – December 2, 1861 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Clarke |
| Succeeded by | Wilson Lively |
| In office December 6, 1841 – December 5, 1842 | |
| Preceded by | Augustus A. Chapman |
| Succeeded by | William Adair |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Allen Taylor Caperton November 21, 1810 Union, Virginia, U.S. (now West Virginia) |
| Died | July 26, 1876 (aged 65) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Green Hill Cemetery Union, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Harriet Echols |
| Children | 5 |
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| Alma mater | University of Virginia Yale University |
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Allen Taylor Caperton (November 21, 1810 – July 26, 1876) was an American politician who was a United States senator from the State of West Virginia in 1875–1876. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He had been in the Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia Senate before the American Civil War. During the Civil War, he was a Confederate States senator.
Early life
[edit]Allen Taylor Caperton was born on November 21, 1810, near Union, Monroe County, Virginia (now West Virginia), to Jane Erskine and Hugh Caperton.[1] At the age of 14, he traveled by horseback to Huntsville, Alabama, to attend school.[citation needed] He later graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, then graduated from Yale College in 1832. He studied law under Briscoe Baldwin in Staunton, Virginia, was admitted to the bar.[1][2]
Political career
[edit]Caperton practiced law.[1] He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1841 to 1842. He was elected a member of the Virginia Senate in 1844 and sat until 1848. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates again from 1857 to 1861. In 1850, he was a delegate to the state constitutional convention. In 1861, he was a member of the Virginia Secession Convention.[1]
During the Civil War, he was elected by the legislature of Virginia to be a member of the Confederate States Senate in which he sat until 1865.[1] After the war, he was the first ex-Confederate elected to the [[United States Senate, entering office as a Democrat from West Virginia, from March 4, 1875, until his death.[1]
Caperton was director of the James River and Kanawha Canal.[3]
Personal life
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Caperton married Harriet Echols, sister of John Echols.[4] They had five children, Lin, Lizzie, Mrs. William A. Gordon, Mary and Allen T. Jr.[2][4][5][6] His daughter Lin married James French Patton and later married judge Edward Franklin Bingham.[5][7]
Caperton died of heart disease at his room on I Street NW in Washington, D.C., on July 26, 1876. He was interred in Green Hill Cemetery in Union, West Virginia.[1][3]
His residence near Union, "Elmwood," was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Caperton, Allen Taylor". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
- ^ a b "Death of Senator Caperton". Richmond Dispatch. July 27, 1876. p. 2. Retrieved November 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Death of Senator Caperton". The Daiy Critic. July 27, 1876. p. 1. Retrieved November 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Death of Mrs. Braxton". The Old Dominion Sun. October 21, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved November 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Slauson, Allan B., ed. (1903). A History of the City of Washington: Its Men and Institutions. The Washington Post. pp. 355–356. Retrieved November 22, 2024 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "Death of Senator Caperton". Washington Chroniccle. July 27, 1876. p. 1. Retrieved November 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Death of Judge Patton". The Daily Register. March 31, 1882. p. 4. Retrieved November 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- United States Congress. "Allen T. Caperton (id: C000130)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on March 23, 2009
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