Wharton Jackson Green

Wharton Jackson Green (born February 28, 1831 in Saint Marks , Wakulla County , Florida , † August 6, 1910 in Fayetteville , North Carolina ) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1887 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Wharton Green was a grandson of Congressman and US Senator Jesse Wharton (1782-1833) from Tennessee and a cousin of US Senator Matt Whitaker Ransom (1826-1904) from North Carolina. He was first raised privately and then attended Georgetown College and Lovejoy's Academy in Raleigh . He then graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point . After studying law at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and Cumberland University in Lebanon (Tennessee), as well as being admitted to the bar in 1854, he began to work in his new profession in the federal capital Washington, DC . Since 1859 he worked in the agricultural sector in Warren County .

During the Civil War , Green was a lieutenant colonel in the Confederation Army . He was wounded during the Battle of Gettysburg and then taken prisoner of war. After the war, he settled near Fayetteville, where he ran a winery. Politically, Green became a member of the Democratic Party , whose Democratic National Conventions he attended as a delegate in 1868, 1872, 1876 and 1888. In North Carolina, he became the first president of the Society of Confederate Soldiers and Sailors veterans .

In the congressional elections of 1882 Green was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the third electoral district of North Carolina, where he succeeded the late John Williams Shackelford on March 4, 1883 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1887 . In 1886 he was not nominated for re-election by his party. After leaving the US House of Representatives, Wharton Green returned to his winery. He was also active in literature. He died on August 6, 1910 on his estate near Fayetteville.

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SURNAME	Green, Wharton Jackson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 28, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saint Marks , Wakulla County , Florida
DATE OF DEATH	August 6, 1910
Place of death	near Fayetteville , North Carolina