Williamson Simpson Oldham
Williamson Simpson Oldham, Sr. | |
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Confederate States Senator from Texas |
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In office February 18, 1862 – March 18, 1865 |
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Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Deputy from Texas to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States |
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In office February 4, 1861 – February 17, 1862 |
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Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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Born | Franklin County, Tennessee |
June 19, 1813
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Houston, Texas |
Resting place | Masonic Cemetery, Eagle Lake, Texas |
Political party | Democratic |
Williamson Simpson Oldham Sr. (June 19, 1813 – May 8, 1868) was an American politician who served in Arkansas state government, and as a Confederate States Senator from Texas from 1862 to 1865.
Biography
Born in Franklin County, Tennessee, Oldham settled at Fayetteville, Arkansas, in 1835, was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1838 and 1842. He was elected as a justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1842. In 1848 he resigned to run for Congress, but was defeated, thereafter moving to Austin, Texas.[1] He represented Texas in the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862, and was a senator in both the First and Second Confederate States congresses from 1862 to 1865. Oldham died on May 8, 1868.[2]
Legacy
Oldham County, Texas (established 1881), is named after him.
In popular culture
In Harry Turtledove's 1994 alternative history novel, Guns of the South, a "Congressman Oldham" from Texas is mentioned as sponsoring a bill to re-enslave freedmen in a victorious Confederacy. Since the setting was the time of the 2nd Confederate States Congress, it is likely that Turtledove was referring to Senator Oldham.
References
- ↑ Fay Hempstead, Historical Review of Arkansas (1911), p. 452.
- ↑ Williamson Simpson Oldham. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
External links
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Deputy from Texas to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States 1861–1862 |
Succeeded by Constituency abolished |
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New constituency | Confederate States Senator (Class 3) from Texas 1862–1865 Served alongside: Louis Wigfall |
Constituency abolished |
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