Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton
Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton (born February 8, 1822 in Loudoun County , Virginia , † September 3, 1863 in Bladon Springs , Alabama ) was an American politician . He represented the state of Missouri during the Civil War as a Senator in the Confederate Congress .
Peyton's political career began shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War. In 1858 he was elected to the Missouri Senate. After the start of the war he was a deputy in the Provisional Confederate Congress ; this was followed by the election to the first Confederate Congress . There he was one of Missouri's two representatives in the Senate.
Robert Peyton also served in the Confederate Army , where he held the rank of Colonel . In the defense of Vicksburg ( Mississippi ) he contracted malaria ; he died of these consequences on September 3, 1863.
Web links
- Robert Yates Peyton Ludwell in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- The Political Graveyard (English)
Alabama : Clay • Jemison • Walker • Yancey • Arkansas : Garland • R. Johnson • Mitchel • Florida : Baker • Maxwell • Georgia : Hill • H. Johnson • Lewis • Kentucky : Burnett • Simms • Louisiana : Semmes • Sparrow • Mississippi : Brown • Phelan • Watson • Missouri : Clark • W. Johnson • Peyton • Vest • North Carolina : Davis • Dortch • Graham • Reade • South Carolina : Barnwell • Orr • Tennessee : Haynes • Henry • Texas : Oldham • Wigfall • Virginia : Caperton • Hunter • Preston
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| SURNAME | Peyton, Robert Ludwell Yates |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Loudoun County , Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 3, 1863 |
| Place of death | Bladon Springs , Alabama |