Williamson Simpson Oldham
William Simpson Oldham, Sr. | |
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Confederate States Senator from Texas | |
In office February 18, 1862 – March 18, 1865 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Deputy from Texas to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States | |
In office February 4, 1861 – February 17, 1862 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Franklin County, Tennessee | June 19, 1813
Died | May 8, 1868 Houston, Texas | (aged 54)
Resting place | Masonic Cemetery, Eagle Lake, Texas |
Political party | Democratic |
William Simpson Oldham Sr. (June 19, 1813 – May 8, 1868) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Texas from 1862 to 1865.
Biography
William Simpson Oldham Sr., was born on July 19, 1813, in Franklin County, Tennessee. Oldham served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1838 and was later a Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1842. 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.[1]
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
- ^ Williamson Simpson Oldham. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
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- 1813 births
- 1868 deaths
- 19th-century American politicians
- Arkansas Supreme Court justices
- Confederate States Senators
- Members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
- People of Texas in the American Civil War
- Signers of the Confederate States Constitution
- Signers of the Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States
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