De Witt Clinton Giddings

De Witt Clinton Giddings

De Witt Clinton Giddings (born July 18, 1827 in Susquehanna County , Pennsylvania , †  August 19, 1903 in Brenham , Texas ) was an American politician . Between 1872 and 1879 he represented the state of Texas twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

De Witt Giddings enjoyed an academic education. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1852, he began to work in Brenham in this profession. During the civil war he served in the Confederation Army , where he made it to lieutenant colonel. Politically, Giddings was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1866 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Texas Constitution.

In the congressional elections of 1870 Giddings was defeated by Republican William Thomas Clark . However, he successfully objected to the outcome of the election and was able to take up his seat in Congress on May 13, 1872 . After re-election he remained there until March 3, 1875. In 1876 he was re-elected to the US House of Representatives in the fifth constituency of Texas, where he was between March 4, 1877 and March 3, 1879 as the successor to John Hancock could spend another legislative period.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, De Witt Giddings also worked in the banking industry in Brenham. In 1884, 1888, and 1892 he was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions , at each of which Grover Cleveland was nominated as a presidential candidate. He died in Brenham on August 19, 1903.

Web links

• De Witt Clinton Giddings in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• DeWitt Clinton Giddings in the database of Find a Grave (English)