Walter Preston
Walter Preston (born July 18, 1819 in Abingdon , Virginia , † November 1867 ibid) was an American lawyer and plantation owner and a Confederate politician . William B. Preston was his cousin.
Career
Walter Preston was born in Washington County about four years after the end of the British-American War . Nothing is known about his youth. Preston graduated from Princeton University in 1839 and Harvard University in 1842 . He studied law and began practicing law after receiving his license. His student years were overshadowed by the economic crisis of 1837 and the following years by the Mexican-American War . Preston moved to Arkansas but soon returned. He also had a political career. In 1857 he ran for the office of Attorney General of Virginia. After the secession of his home state, he represented it first in the provisional and then in the first Confederate Congress . He died about two years after the civil war ended .
family
Walter Preston was married to Agatha Garnett Peyton from Roanoke, Virginia. The couple had four children together: Elizabeth Arthur, Ellen, Walter Montgomery, and Susan Madison.
literature
- Johnson, Andrew: The Papers of Andrew Johnson: February-August 1867 , University of Tennessee Press, 1995, ISBN 9780870498961 , p. 450
Web links
- Walter Preston on The Political Graveyard website
- Wilson Lewis Family
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| SURNAME | Preston, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Abingdon , Washington County , Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1867 |
| Place of death | Abingdon , Washington County , Virginia |