Archibald Hamilton Rutherford
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Archibald Hamilton Rutherford (1811-December 8, 1888) was a public official, state legislator, and Treasurer of Arkansas.[1]
In 1837 he succeeded Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives John Wilson who was expelled after killing J. J. Anthony.[2] He was subsequently elected to two terms.[1]
In 1858, he and William M. Gouge, state accountants,[3] prepared a report on the State Bank of Arkansas for Arkansas governor Elias Conway.[4]
In 1860 he was Superintendent of the Arkansas State Penitentiary.[5]
He lived in Sebastian County, Arkansas.[6]
He was an editor of the Arkansas Democratic Banner.[7] He was put in charge of the Arkansas Banner in Little Rock,[8][9] a Democrstic Party publication promoting its interests in competition with the Whigs.[1] In 1866 he was an editor of the Tri-Weekly News in Little Rock.[7]
Sandford C. Faulkner was a guest at his home in Fort Smith and Rutherford was friends with Edward Payson Washburn. He kept a journal of some of his travels including to parts of Texas.[1]
He was a state official charged with confiscating land and property during the Civil War. After the war he suffered the economic loss of those he enslaved being freed and property losses to pay taxes. He moved several times.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e https://www.jstor.org/stable/40018315?read-now=1#page_scan_tab_contents
- ^ "Correction to the Gazette reporting of Rutherford". May 26, 1883. p. 3 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ House, United States Congress (December 23, 1859). "House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d Session-49th Congress, 1st Session" – via Google Books.
- ^ Worley, Ted R. (1964). "The Arkansas State Bank: Ante-Bellum Period". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 23 (1): 65–73. doi:10.2307/40021172 – via JSTOR.
- ^ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Report_of_the_Superintendent_A_H_Rutherf/N9FYHAAACAAJ?hl=en
- ^ Senate, Arkansas General Assembly (December 23, 1855). "Journal of the Senate of Arkansas" – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Allsopp, Fred William (December 23, 1922). "History of the Arkansas Press for a Hundred Years and More". Parke-Harper Publishing – via Google Books.
- ^ https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/arkansas-banner-12845/
- ^ Congress, Library of (December 23, 1878). "Alphabetical Catalogue of the Library of Congress". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.