Marcus H. MacWillie

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Marcus H. MacWillie was an American lawyer and Confederate politician .

Career

Not very much is known about the life of Marcus H. MacWillie. MacWillie studied law and began practicing law after receiving his license. When the Civil War broke out, he lived in Mesilla ( Arizona Territory ). On August 1, 1861, John Baylor (1822-1894) called the Confederate Arizona Territory and declared himself governor. MacWillie was appointed Territorial Attorney General by Baylor . In the following years Lewis Owings (1820-1875) was provisional governor. On March 11, 1862, Owings called MacWillie as a delegate to the first Confederate Congress to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Granville Henderson Oury (1825-1891). At the time, MacWillie was serving as the Second District Judge and Chief Justice of the Territory of Arizona. When he ran for re-election in 1863, he was elected to the second Confederate Congress, where he served until the end of the Confederation in 1865. What happened to MacWillie after the war ended is not known.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ William L. Richter: Historical Dictionary of the Civil War and Reconstruction , Scarecrow Press, 2004, ISBN 9780810865631 , p. 535
  2. ^ Tennessee Historical Magazine , Volume 1, The Society, 1915, p. 126
  3. ↑ Granville Henderson Oury in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
  4. ↑ Ordinance of Secession of Arizona Territory - Marcus H. MacWillie ( Memento of the original from July 31, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.csawardept.com
  5. ^ California Digital Newspaper Collection - Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 20, Number 3013, November 22, 1860
  6. ^ Annie Heloise Abel: The American Indian as Slaveholder and Secessionist , University of Nebraska Press, 1992, ISBN 9780803259201 , p. 207
  7. ↑ Second Confederate Congress - Marcus H. MacWillie ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.csawardept.com
  8. ^ Paul Iselin Wellman: Death in the Desert: The Fifty Years' War for the Great Southwest , University of Nebraska Press, 1987, ISBN 9780803297227 , p. 84
personal data
SURNAME MacWillie, Marcus H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McWillie, Marcus H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and Confederate politician
DATE OF BIRTH 18th century or 19th century
DATE OF DEATH 19th century or 20th century