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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Thomas R. Stockdale |
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Summit, Mississippi , United States |
| Email | None |
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March 28, 1828
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| Died | January 08, 1899
(70 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | STOCKDALE, Thomas Ringland, a Representative from Mississippi; born near West Union Church, Greene County, Pa., March 28, 1828; was graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1856; moved to Pike County, Miss., in 1857 and taught school; was graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1859; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and practiced in Woodville, Miss., 1859-1861; during the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private in the Sixteenth Mississippi Infantry in 1861, being promoted successively to lieutenant, adjutant, and major of that regiment; at the close of the war resumed the practice of law in Summit, Miss.; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1868; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1895); was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination; appointed judge of the State supreme court December 1, 1896; died in Summit, Pike County, Miss., January 8, 1899; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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