Expelled United States senators

The list Expelled United States senators includes John C. Breckinridge, James Murray Mason, Jesse D. Bright, Thomas Bragg and John Hemphill (senator). The list consists of 15 members and 1 sublist.

Members of the United States Senate declared not entitled to their seat
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John C. Breckinridge

Vice president of the United States from 1857 to 1861

Overview: John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875) was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier. He represented Kentucky in both houses of Congress and became the 14th and youngest-ever vice ...

Date of birth: 16 January 1821

Date of death: 17 May 1875

Age: 54 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Military

Gender: Male

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Members of the United States House of Representatives who owned slaves 397T

Southern Historical Society 63T

United States senators who owned slaves 187T
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Thomas Bragg

American politician

Overview: Thomas Bragg (November 9, 1810 – January 21, 1872) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 34th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1855 through 1859. During the Civil ...

Date of birth: 9 November 1810

Date of death: 21 January 1872

Age: 61 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Attorney

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Bragg family 2T

Burials at Historic Oakwood Cemetery 33T

People from Warrenton, North Carolina 22T
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John Hemphill (senator)

American politician (1803-1862)

Overview: John Hemphill (December 18, 1803 – January 4, 1862) was an American politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas from 1841 to 1846 and of the Supreme ...

Date of birth: 18 December 1803

Date of death: 4 January 1862

Age: 58 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Judge

Gender: Male

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Signers of the Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States 50T

Chief Justices of the Republic of Texas Supreme Court 4T

Signers of the Confederate States Constitution 50T
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James Chesnut, Jr.

Confederate Army general and politician

Overview: James Chesnut Jr. (January 18, 1815 – February 1, 1885) was an American politician who served as a Deputy from South Carolina to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862 ...

Date of birth: 18 January 1815

Date of death: 1 February 1885

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

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Signers of the Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States 50T

Signers of the Confederate States Constitution 50T

Confederate States Army brigadier generals 277T
5.

Trusten Polk

American politician

Overview: Trusten W Polk (May 29, 1811 – April 16, 1876) served as the 12th Governor of Missouri in 1857 and U.S. Senator from 1857 to 1862.

Date of birth: 29 May 1811

Date of death: 16 April 1876

Age: 64 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Attorney

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United States presidential electors, 1848 18T

19th-century American lawyers 4,218T

Burials at Bellefontaine Cemetery 113T
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James Murray Mason

American politician

Overview: James Murray Mason (November 3, 1798 – April 28, 1871), a grandson of George Mason, was a Senator from Virginia. He strongly supported the secession of Virginia. He traveled to England as Commissioner ...

Date of birth: 3 November 1798

Date of death: 28 April 1871

Age: 72 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Socialite

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Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations 55T

Confederate expatriates 21T

Politicians from Alexandria, Virginia 70T
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Jesse D. Bright

American politician

Overview: Jesse David Bright (December 18, 1812 – May 20, 1875) was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Indiana and U.S. Senator from Indiana who served as President pro tempore of the Senate on three occasions. He ...

Date of birth: 18 December 1812

Date of death: 20 May 1875

Age: 62 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Business

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United States presidential electors, 1888 10T

19th-century American judges 2,494T

19th-century American lawyers 4,099T
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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter

American lawyer and politician

Overview: Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (April 21, 1809 – July 18, 1887) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and plantation owner. He was a U.S. Representative (1837–1843, 1845–1847), Speaker of ...

Date of birth: 21 April 1809

Date of death: 18 July 1887

Age: 78 (age at death)

Occupation: Attorney

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Confederate States senators 39T

19th-century American lawyers 4,099T

Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives 4,764T
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Waldo P. Johnson

American politician

Overview: Waldo P. Johnson (born Waldo Porter Johnson; September 16, 1817 – August 14, 1885) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Missouri from 1863 to 1865.

Date of birth: 16 September 1817

Date of death: 14 August 1885

Age: 67 (age at death)

Occupation: Judge

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Confederate States senators 39T

People from Osceola, Missouri 7T

19th-century American judges 2,494T
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Charles B. Mitchel

American politician

Overview: Charles Burton Mitchel (September 19, 1815 – September 20, 1864) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Arkansas from February 18, 1862 until his death in 1864. A member ...

Date of birth: 19 September 1815

Date of death: 20 September 1864

Age: 49 (age at death)

Occupation: Doctor

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Confederate States senators 39T

People from Gallatin, Tennessee 34T

19th-century American physicians 366T
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William K. Sebastian

American politician

Overview: William King Sebastian (1812 – May 20, 1865) was an American planter, lawyer, and U.S. senator from Helena, Arkansas. He represented Arkansas as a U.S. Senator, Democrat, from 1848 to 1861. Sebastian ...

Date of birth: 1812

Date of death: 20 May 1865

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Attorney

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People from Centerville, Tennessee 8T

American slave owners 730T

19th-century American judges 2,494T
12.

Louis Wigfall

Confederate Army general and politician

Overview: Louis Trezevant Wigfall (April 21, 1816 – February 18, 1874) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Texas from 1862 to 1865. He was among a group of leading s ...

Date of birth: 21 April 1816

Date of death: 18 February 1874

Age: 57 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Activist

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Confederate States senators 39T

Democratic Party United States senators from Texas 2T

American duellists 106T
13.

Alfred O. P. Nicholson

American politician

Overview: Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (August 31, 1808 – March 23, 1876), a Tennessee Democratic politician and lawyer, was twice a United States Senator from that state.

Date of birth: 31 August 1808

Date of death: 23 March 1876

Age: 67 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Attorney

Gender: Male

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19th-century American male writers 904T

19th-century American judges 2,494T

19th-century American lawyers 4,099T
14.

Thomas Lanier Clingman

Confederate Army general and politician

Overview: Thomas Lanier Clingman (July 27, 1812 – November 3, 1897), known as the "Prince of Politicians," was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and from 1847 ...

Date of birth: 27 July 1812

Date of death: 3 November 1897

Age: 85 (age at death)

Occupation: Politician

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American duellists 106T

Confederate States Army brigadier generals 277T

Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives 4,764T
15.

William Blount

American politician

Overview: William Blount (March 26, 1749 – March 21, 1800) was an American statesman and land speculator who signed the United States Constitution. He was a member of the North Carolina delegation at the ...

Date of birth: 6 April 1749

Date of death: 21 March 1800

Age: 50 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

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Politicians from Knoxville, Tennessee 69T

Politicians from New Bern, North Carolina 45T

18th-century American politicians 677T