William Simpson Oldham Sr.
William Simpson Oldham Sr. (June 19, 1813 – May 8, 1868) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Texas from 1862 to 1865.
William Simpson Oldham, Sr. | |
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Confederate States Senator from Texas | |
In office February 18, 1862 – March 18, 1865 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Deputy from Texas to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States | |
In office February 4, 1861 – February 17, 1862 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Franklin County, Tennessee | June 19, 1813
Died | May 8, 1868 54) Houston, Texas | (aged
Resting place | Masonic Cemetery, Eagle Lake, Texas |
Political party | Democratic |
Biography
William Simpson Oldham Sr., was born on July 19, 1813, in Franklin County, Tennessee. Oldham served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1838 and was later a Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1842. He represented Texas in the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862, and was a senator in both the First and Second Confederate States congresses from 1862 to 1865. Oldham died on May 8, 1868.[1]
Legacy
Oldham County, Texas (established 1881), is named after him.
In popular culture
In Harry Turtledove's 1994 alternative history novel, Guns of the South, a "Congressman Oldham" from Texas is mentioned as sponsoring a bill to re-enslave freedmen in a victorious Confederacy. Since the setting was the time of the 2nd Confederate States Congress, it is likely that Turtledove was referring to Senator Oldham.
References
- Williamson Simpson Oldham. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
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