Elliott M. Braxton
Elliott Muse Braxton | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 7th district | |
In office March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | |
Preceded by | Lewis McKenzie |
Succeeded by | John T. Harris |
Member of the Virginia Senate from Richmond, Lancaster, Northumberland and Westmoreland Counties | |
In office 1852–1857 | |
Preceded by | District established |
Succeeded by | Richard L. T. Beale |
Personal details | |
Born | Mathews, Virginia | October 8, 1823
Died | October 2, 1891 Fredericksburg, Virginia | (aged 67)
Political party | Democratic |
Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
Elliott Muse Braxton (October 8, 1823 – October 2, 1891) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Virginia.[1] He was the great-grandson of Carter Braxton.[2]
Early life
Born in Mathews, Virginia, Braxton attended the common schools as a child, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1849, commencing in Richmond, Virginia.
Career
He moved to Richmond County, Virginia and served in the Virginia Senate from 1852 to 1856. He later moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1860 and continued practicing law. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Braxton raised a company for the Confederate Army and was elected its captain. He was later promoted to a major and served in the staff of General John R. Cooke. After the war, Braxton was democratically elected a member of the common council of Fredericksburg in 1866 and was later elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1870, serving from 1871 to 1873. After being unsuccessful for reelection in 1872, Braxton resumed practicing law in Fredericksburg until his death.
1870 and 1872 elections
Braxton was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (7th district) over Republican incumbent Lewis McKenzie by a margin of 53-47%. Following redistricting, he ran in the 1st district against Republican James B. Sener, this time losing by a narrow margin of 49-51% (373 votes).
Death
Braxton died in Fredericksburg on October 2, 1891. He was interred there in the Confederate Cemetery.
References
- ^ Goolrick, John T. (1922). Historic Fredericksburg: The Story of an Old Town. Whittet & Shepperson. p. 110.
- ^ Kennedy, Lawrence F. (1971). Biographical Directory of the American Congress 1774-1971: The Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788 and the Congress of the United States, from the First Through the Ninety-first Congress, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 1971, Inclusive Issue 92, Part 8 of Senate document. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 630.
External links
- United States Congress. "Elliott M. Braxton (id: B000777)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-13
- "Elliott M. Braxton". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
- 1823 births
- 1891 deaths
- Virginia state senators
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia
- Virginia lawyers
- Confederate States Army officers
- People of Virginia in the American Civil War
- Politicians from Fredericksburg, Virginia
- People from Mathews, Virginia
- Braxton family of Virginia
- Virginia Democrats
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- 19th-century American lawyers
- 19th-century American politicians