Jo Abbott
Joseph Abbott | |
---|---|
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 6th district | |
In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1897 | |
Preceded by | Olin Wellborn |
Succeeded by | Robert E. Burke |
Member of the Texas House of Representatives | |
In office 1870-1871 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Morgan County, Alabama, US | January 15, 1840
Died | February 11, 1908 Hillsboro, Texas, US | (aged 68)
Occupation | lawyer, judge, politician |
Military career | |
Allegiance | Confederate States of America |
Service/ | Confederate States Army |
Rank | First Lieutenant |
Unit | 12th Regiment, Texas Cavalry |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Joseph "Jo" Abbott (January 15, 1840 – February 11, 1908) was a member of the Confederate States Army and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas.
Biography
Abbott was born January 15, 1840 in Morgan County, Alabama near Decatur and attended the public schools. He moved with his parents to Freestone County, Texas, in 1853.[1]
During the American Civil War, he served as a first lieutenant in the Twelfth Regiment of the Texas Cavalry.[2] The war over, he resumed his law studies, and being licensed in October, 1866, began his legal practice in Springfield, Limestone County, Texas.[1] He later moved to Hillsboro, Texas where he continued his legal career.
He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives in 1870 and 1871.[2] He was appointed a district judge in the Twenty-Eighth judicial district by Governor Oran M. Roberts. In 1880, he was elected for a full four-year term for that position. In 1886, he was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives, and served in that capacity through the end of Fifty-Fourth Congress in 1897.[3] Upon leaving Congress, he resumed his legal career in Hillsboro, Texas, where he died on February 11, 1908.[2]
References
- ^ a b Johnson, Rossiter, ed. (1906). "Abbott, Jo". The Biographical Dictionary of America. Vol. 1. Boston: American Biographical Society. p. 27. Retrieved October 20, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c Who Was Who in American History - the Military. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1975. p. 1. ISBN 0837932017.
- ^ Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson, eds. (1908), Who's who in America, vol. 5, Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, Incorporated, p. 5.
- United States Congress. "Jo Abbott (id: A000005)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-13
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989: Bicentennial Edition. United States: Government Printing Office, 1989. ISBN 0-16-006384-1
External links
- 1840 births
- 1908 deaths
- Politicians from Decatur, Alabama
- Texas Democrats
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas
- Members of the Texas House of Representatives
- Texas state court judges
- Confederate States Army officers
- People from Freestone County, Texas
- People from Hillsboro, Texas
- People from Limestone County, Texas
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- 19th-century American politicians
- 19th-century American judges
- Texas politician stubs
- American Civil War biography stubs