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, originally from Alabama, was a combative "Southern gentleman". In 1856, he got into a quarrel with the Irish headwaiter at Willard's Hotel in Washington, 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 Seventh Texas Cavalry Regiment. He was wounded at the Battle of Mansfield on April 8, 1864, and died of his wounds in July.
[edit] References
- Congressional Biographical Directory
- The New York Times, July 14, 1856.
[edit] External links
- Philemon T. Herbert at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-13
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| Preceded by Samuel A. Merritt, Thomas E. Ridley |
California State Assemblyman, 10th District 1853-1854 (with Samuel Bell) |
Succeeded by George N. Cornwall, Humphrey Griffith, Bernard C. Whitman |
| Preceded by Eight members |
California State Assemblyman, 6th District (Mariposa County seat) 1854-1855 (with John C. Henry) |
Succeeded by E. M. Burke, T. C. Flournoy |
| Preceded by James A. McDougall |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 2nd congressional district 1855-1857 |
Succeeded by Charles L. Scott |
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