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| Affiliation | Whig |
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| Name | Edward C. Cabell |
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Tallahassee, Florida , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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February 05, 1816
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| Died | February 28, 1896
(80 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Oct 28, 2023 11:13pm |
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| Info | CABELL, Edward Carrington, a Representative from Florida; born in Richmond, Va., February 5, 1816; attended Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Va., in 1832 and 1833 and Reynolds’ Classical Academy in 1833 and 1834; was graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1836; moved to Florida in 1837 and engaged in agricultural pursuits near Tallahassee; delegate to the Territorial convention to form a State constitution in 1838; returned to Virginia; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1840; returned to Tallahassee, Fla.
U.S. Representative (W-FL) 1845-1846; election was successfully contested.
U.S. Representative (W-FL) 1847-1853; chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Thirtieth-Congress); unsuccessful candidate in 1852 for reelection to the Thirty-third Congress
Resumed the practice of law in Tallahassee; moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1859; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army with rank of lieutenant colonel; engaged in the practice of law in New York City 1868-1872, and subsequently in St. Louis, Mo.; member of the State senate of Missouri 1878-1882; died in St. Louis, Mo., February 28, 1896; interment in Bellefontaine Cemetery.
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