Clemens, Jeremiah, 1814-1865
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Name (Latin)
Clemens, Jeremiah, 1814-1865
Other forms of name
Clemens, Jere. (Jeremiah), 1814-1865
Date of birth
1814-12-28
Date of death
1865-05-21
Place of birth
Huntsville (Ala.)
Place of death
Huntsville (Ala.)
Associated country
United States
Associate group
Democratic Party (U.S.)
United States. Congress. Senate
United States. Congress. Senate (18491130 - 18491130)
Occupation
Legislators
Novelists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- nuc86-5520: His Bernard Lile [MI] 1856(hdg. on LCP rept.: Clemens, Jeremiah, 1814-1865; usage: Jeremiah Clemens)
- His The rivals, 1860:t.p. (Hon. Jere. Clemens)
- Biographical directory of the United States Congress, 21 Feb. 2013(Clemens, Jeremiah; b. Huntsville, Ala., Dec. 28, 1814; appointed U.S. district attorney for the northern district of Alabama in 1838; member, Alabama house of representatives, 1839-1841 and 1843-1844; served in the Texas War of Independence; served in the Mexican War, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel; unsuccessful candidate for election to U.S. Congress in 1848; served as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from Nov. 30, 1849, to Mar. 3, 1853; novelist; became editor of the Memphis Eagle and Enquirer in 1859; delegate to the convention in 1861 in which Alabama voted to secede from the Union; held office under the Confederacy; died in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., May 21, 1865)
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Jeremiah Clemens
Mathew Benjamin Brady
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Mathew Benjamin Brady
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Wikipedia description:
Jeremiah Clemens (December 28, 1814 – May 21, 1865) was a United States senator and novelist from Alabama. A Southern Unionist, he opposed the secession of Alabama from the Union in 1861 but briefly served in the Confederate Army. He was the author of Tobias Wilson, one of the first novels set during the American Civil War.
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