Fletcher Stockdale

Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale (* 1823 or 1825 in Russellville , Kentucky , † February 4, 1890 in Cuero , Texas , buried in Russellville) was an American lawyer, railroad clerk, politician, he was the 11th governor of Texas.

Stockdale was born in Russellville, one of eight children of Thomas Ward and Laurinda Stockdale. After studying law and admission to the bar in Kentucky, he went to Texas in 1846, where he settled in Anderson , Grimes County , and opened a law firm. A few years later he moved to Indianola in Calhoun County , Texas . In 1857 he married Elizabeth Pryor Bankhead Lytle and in the same year he became a member of the State Senate for the 26th District until 1861. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1861 he was a delegate to the assembly that decided the state of Texas would leave the Union. He was also one of the signatories of the withdrawal statement. Between 1863 and 1865 he was Lieutenant Governor of Texas. After the escape of Governor Pendleton Murrah before the Union troops were Stockdale end of May to June 19, 1865 Governor of Texas. He was succeeded by Andrew J. Hamilton as provisional governor.

After his brief foray into politics, he returned to Indianola and initially continued his legal practice. At the same time, he developed a vehicle for the longer transport of frozen meat. A year later he became president of the Indianola Railroad . In 1868 he went back into politics and was again a member of the State Senate and a member of several state committees.

Stockdale's first wife died on April 17, 1865. Twelve years later, in Washington, DC , he married Elizabeth Schleicher, the 17-year-old daughter of his friend and politically-minded friend in Texas, Gustav Schleicher .

In 1965 a memorial was erected in his honor in Stockdale , which was named after him.

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SURNAME	Stockdale, Fletcher
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Stockdale, Fletcher Summerfield
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer; 11. Texas Governor
DATE OF BIRTH	1823 or 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH	Russellville , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH	February 4, 1890
Place of death	Cuero , Texas