Joseph Segar

Joseph Eggleston Segar (born June 1, 1804 in King William County , Virginia , † April 30, 1880 at sea) was an American politician . In 1862 and 1863 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Life

Joseph Segar attended public schools in his homeland. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In his home country he held a number of local offices. He served in the Virginia House of Representatives from 1836 to 1838, 1848 to 1852, and 1855 to 1861 . Politically, as a unionist, he was opposed to the secession of the state of Virginia from the union.

On October 24, 1861, he was elected by Union citizens in Virginia for the first seat of his state in Congress in Washington, DC . There he was initially rejected. After another election, he was admitted to Congress on March 15, 1862, where he ended the current legislative period by March 3, 1863. This time was marked by the civil war . Segar was also elected as a Unionist in Congress in 1862, but was no longer admitted there for good because his home state Virginia fought the Union. In February 1865 he was elected to the US Senate and rejected there for the same reasons.

In the meantime Joseph Segar had joined the Republican Party . In 1868 he was re-elected to Congress and not allowed there again because the number of mandates for Virginia had been reduced in favor of the newly formed state of West Virginia . In 1876 he applied unsuccessfully to join the US House of Representatives. Between 1877 and 1880 Segar was a member of the Spanish Claims Commission . He died on April 30, 1880 on a steamship en route from Norfolk to Washington.

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SURNAME	Segar, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Segar, Joseph Eggleston (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	June 1, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH	King William County , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH	April 30, 1880
Place of death	at sea