Marcus Henderson Cruikshank
Marcus Henderson Cruikshank (born December 12, 1826 in Autauga County , Alabama , † October 10, 1881 in Talladega , Alabama) was an American lawyer and politician .
Career
Marcus Henderson Cruikshank, son of Lovedy Campbell McNeil and George Patterson Cruikshank, was born in Autauga County in 1826. Nothing is known about his youth. He studied law and began practicing law after receiving his license. His student days were overshadowed by the economic crisis of 1837 and the following years by the Mexican-American War . Cruikshank first joined the Whig Party and, after its collapse, the Constitutional Union Party . He was mayor of Talladega County . In 1863, Cruikshank was elected to the Second Confederate Congress for the fourth constituency of Alabama . In his election he suggested the Confederate Congressman Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825-1903). Cruikshank took up his post on February 18, 1864 and held it until the end of the Confederation in 1865. He died in an accident in 1881 when he was thrown from his horse while riding. His body was then interred in Clark Hill Cemetery in Talladega.
literature
- Yearns, Wilfred Buck: The Confederate Congress , University of Georgia Press, 2010, ISBN 9780820334769 , p. 238
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mallory, James: "Fear God and Walk Humbly": The Agricultural Journal of James Mallory, 1843-1877 , University of Alabama Press, 2013, ISBN 9780817357573 , p. 325
- ^ Levine, Bruce: The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South , Random House Publishing Group, 2013, ISBN 9780679645351 , p. 208
- ↑ Second Confederate Congress - Marcus Henderson Cruikshank ( 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.
Web links
- Marcus Henderson Cruikshank in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Marcus Henderson Cruikshank on The Political Graveyard website
- Marcus Henderson Cruikshank on the luginbuel.com website
- Marcus Henderson Cruikshank on the ancestry.com website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cruikshank, Marcus Henderson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Autauga County , Alabama |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1881 |
| Place of death | Talladega , Alabama |