Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings

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Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings

Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings (born January 2, 1816 in Boonesborough , Kentucky , † August 3, 1897 in Savannah , Missouri ) was an American politician . In 1855 he represented the Nebraska Territory as a delegate to the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1828 Napoleon Giddings came to Fayette , Howard County , Missouri with his parents . There he attended public schools. He joined the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence . After Texas had become an independent republic, he was there until 1838 acting head of the audit office ( auditor ). He then returned to Fayette to study law. After his admission to the bar, he began practicing this profession in Fayette in 1841.

During the Mexican-American War , Giddings became a captain in the US Army in 1846 . He served there between July 22, 1846 and March 3, 1847. He then returned to Missouri, where he published the Union Flag newspaper in Franklin County . After gold was discovered in California , Giddings made his way to the local gold fields. After a while he came back and practiced as a lawyer in Savannah before moving to Nebraska City , where he also worked as a lawyer.

After the establishment of the Nebraska Territory, he was elected as a member of the Democratic Party as the first delegate of that area to the US House of Representatives. He exercised this mandate between January 5 and March 3, 1855. He was no longer nominated for the next election; its seat went on March 4, 1855 to Bird Beers Chapman .

After his brief tenure in Congress , Giddings returned to working as a lawyer in Savannah. In the last days of the American Civil War he joined the Union Army as a lieutenant colonel and served from April 11 to August 31, 1865. Napoleon Giddings subsequently ceased to appear politically. He died in Savannah in 1897 and was buried there.

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