Otho R. Singleton

Otho Robards Singleton

Otho Robards Singleton (born October 14, 1814 in Nicholasville , Kentucky , † January 11, 1889 in Washington DC ) was an American politician who represented the state of Mississippi in the US House of Representatives and the Confederate Congress .

After attending public school, Singleton graduated from Bardstown College and Lexington University Law School . He was inducted into the Bar in 1838 and began practicing law in Canton .

His first political mandate he held from 1846 to 1847 as a member of the House of Representatives from Mississippi ; from 1848 to 1854 he was a member of the State Senate . From March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1855, the Democrat Singleton was also a member of the US House of Representatives in Washington for the first time. The attempt at re-election failed in 1854.

Singleton returned to Congress on March 4, 1857 before resigning on January 12, 1861, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War . He continued his political career in the Confederate States . From 1862 to 1865 he was a member of the House of Representatives in the first and second Confederate Congresses .

When Mississippi regained its full state rights after the defeat of the Confederation, Otho Singleton represented his state one more time in the US House of Representatives. He performed his mandate there from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1887. Two years after leaving Congress, he died in Washington.

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SURNAME	Singleton, Otho R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Singleton, Otho Robards (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 14, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Nicholasville , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH	January 11, 1889
Place of death	Washington DC