Philemon T. Herbert
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Philemon Thomas Herbert (November 1, 1825 – July 23, 1864) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from California. He represented the California Second District in the 34th Congress (1855–1857). He previously served two terms in the California State Assembly, representing Mariposa County. Herbert, born in Pine Apple, Alabama, was a combative "Southern gentleman". In 1856, when he was refused breakfast service at Willard's Hotel in Washington because it was too late in the morning, he got into a quarrel with the Irish headwaiter, and shot and killed him. He was acquitted of manslaughter by a sympathetic jury, but abandoned his Congressional career.
In 1859, he moved to El Paso, Texas, where he practiced law. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, he joined the Confederate Army. He rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, and commanded the Arizona Cavalry and the Seventh Texas Cavalry Regiment. He was wounded at the Battle of Mansfield on April 8, 1864, and died of his wounds in July.
References
- Congressional Biographical Directory
- The New York Times, July 14, 1856.
External links
- United States Congress. "Philemon T. Herbert (id: H000526)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-13
- 1825 births
- 1864 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from California
- Members of the California State Assembly
- Confederate States Army officers
- People from Wilcox County, Alabama
- People from Mariposa County, California
- People from El Paso, Texas
- People of Texas in the American Civil War
- California Democrats
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- 19th-century American politicians
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