Edward Carrington Cabell

Edward Carrington Cabell.

Edward Carrington Cabell (born February 5, 1816 in Richmond , Virginia , †  February 28, 1896 in St. Louis , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1845 and 1853 he twice represented the state of Florida in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edward Cabell attended Washington College in Lexington until 1833 , which later became Washington and Lee University , and the Reynolds' Classical Academy until 1834 . This was followed by a study at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville until 1836 . In 1837, Cabell moved to the Florida Territory , where he worked in agriculture near Tallahassee . In 1838 he was a delegate to a meeting to discuss the future constitution of the planned state of Florida. After that, Cabell temporarily returned to Virginia.

After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1840, he moved back to Tallahassee. After the founding of Florida, he was elected to the Whig Party as the first MP of the new state to Congress in Washington, DC . There he took up his new mandate on October 6, 1845. His choice was challenged by the Democrat William Henry Brockenbrough . After this objection was granted, Cabell had to cede his mandate on January 24, 1846 to Brockenbrough.

In the regular congressional elections of 1846 , Cabell was re-elected to the House of Representatives in Washington in what was then the only constituency in Florida, where he succeeded Brockenbroughs on March 4, 1847. After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1853. These were shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War . Between 1847 and 1849 he was chairman of the committee for the management of state properties.

In the congressional elections of 1852 Cabell was defeated by the Democrat Augustus Maxwell . After leaving the US House of Representatives, he worked as a lawyer in Tallahassee. In 1859 he moved to St. Louis, Missouri. During the Civil War he was a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army . After the war, Cabell practiced as a lawyer in New York City between 1868 and 1872 . He then continued this activity in St. Louis. Between 1878 and 1882 he was a member of the Missouri Senate . Then he withdrew from politics. Edward Cabell died on February 28, 1896 in St. Louis, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Edward Carrington Cabell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edward Carrington Cabell in the database of Find a Grave (English)