Philemon T. Herbert

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Philemon Thomas Herbert (born November 1, 1825 in Pine Apple , Wilcox County , Alabama , †  July 23, 1864 in Kingston , Louisiana ) was an American politician . Between 1855 and 1857 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Philemon Herbert attended the public schools in his home country and then studied at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa . Around 1850 Herbert moved to Mariposa City , California, where he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the California State Assembly in 1853 and 1854 .

In the congressional elections of 1854 Herbert was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of California , where he succeeded James A. McDougall on March 4, 1855 . He hit the headlines in 1856 when he shot and killed a waiter during an argument at the Willard Hotel in Washington. A court acquitted him of the murder charges. However, this matter cost him his political career. In the elections of the same year Herbert was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. So he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1857 . This was shaped by the events leading up to the civil war .

In 1859 Herbert moved to El Paso , Texas , where he practiced as a lawyer. During the Civil War, Herbert served as a lieutenant colonel in a Texan unit in the Confederation Army . On April 8, 1864, he was badly wounded in the Battle of Mansfield . He died on July 23, 1864 in Kingston as a result of this injury.

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SURNAME Herbert, Philemon T.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herbert, Philemon Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Pine Apple , Alabama
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1864
Place of death Kingston , Louisiana