Beverly B. Douglas

Beverly B. Douglas

Beverly Browne Douglas (born December 21, 1822 in Providence Forge , New Kent County , Virginia - †  December 22, 1878 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1878 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Beverly Douglas attended Rumford Academy in King William County , the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg , Yale College and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland . After a subsequent law degree at the College of William & Mary and his admission as a lawyer in 1844, he began to work first in Norfolk and then in King William County in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1850 and 1851 he took part as a delegate to meetings to revise the Virginia Constitution. Douglas was a member of the Virginia Senate between 1852 and 1865 . In the presidential election of 1860 he was the elector for John C. Breckinridge . During the Civil War he rose to major in the Confederation Army .

In the congressional election of 1874 Douglas was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the first constituency of Virginia, where he succeeded James Beverley Sener on March 4, 1875 . After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until his death on December 22, 1878 . He was buried in the King William County family cemetery.

Web links

• Beverly B. Douglas in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Beverly B. Douglas in the database of Find a Grave (English)