CS Biggs, Asa - C.S. Judge for District of NC

Asa Biggs
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Born: February 4, 1811

Birthplace: Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina

Father: Rev. Joseph Biggs 1766 – 1844
(Buried: Staton – Biggs Cemetery, Martin County, North Carolina)​

Mother: Chloe Daniel 1776 – 1845
(Buried: Staton – Biggs Cemetery, Martin County, North Carolina)​

Wife: Martha Elizabeth “Patsy” Andrews 1814 – 1885
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)​

Children:

Lucy Elizabeth Biggs 1835 – 1862​
(Buried: Tarboro Primitive Baptist Churchyard Tarboro N.C.)​
Martha Cotton “Cottie” Biggs Crawford 1839 – 1913​
(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery Williamston North Carolina)​
William Biggs 1843 – 1883​
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery Oxford North Carolina)​
Mary Delha Biggs Cotten 1851 – 1879​
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery Norfolk Virginia)​
Anna Eugenia Biggs Van Cleve 1854 – 1922​
(Buried: Lawrenceville Cemetery Lawrenceville New Jersey)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Occupation before War:


1831 – 1845: Attorney in Martin County, North Carolina​
1835: Delegate to North Carolina State Constitutional Convention​
1840 – 1842: Member of North Carolina State House of Commons​
1844 – 1845: North Carolina State Senator​
1845 – 1847: United States Congressman from North Carolina​
1845 – 1847: Member of House Judiciary Committee​
1846: Unsuccessful Candidate for Reelection to U.S. Congress​
1847 – 1854: Attorney in Martin County, North Carolina​
1851: Member of Commission to Codify North Carolina State Laws​
1855 – 1858: United States Senator from North Carolina​
1855 – 1857: Member of Senate Militia Committee​
1855 – 1857: Member of Senate Territories Committee​
1857 – 1858: Member of Senate Finance Committee​
1858 – 1861: Judge of United States District Court in North Carolina​

Civil War Career:

1861: Delegate to North Carolina State Secession Convention​
1861 – 1865: Judge of Confederate District Court of North Carolina​
Took refuge at Dalkeith Plantation near Arcola, North Carolina​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1868: Attorney in Tarboro, North Carolina​
1868 – 1878: Attorney and Businessman in Norfolk, Virginia​

Died: March 6, 1878

Place of Death: Norfolk, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 67 years old

Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia
 
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He resigned from the Senate on May 5, 1858 to accept a federal judge's post. His seat in the Senate was filled by (later general)Thomas Lanier Clingman.Biggs also resigned the US judges seat in 1861.
 
He resigned from the Senate on May 5, 1858 to accept a federal judge's post. His seat in the Senate was filled by (later general)Thomas Lanier Clingman.Biggs also resigned the US judges seat in 1861.
Biggs filled the vacancy on the United States District Court for the District of North Carolina caused by the death of Henry Potter,who died on Dec.20, 1857, Biggs was nominated,confirmed, and commissioned all on May 3, 1858.
 
Biggs resigned his U.S.judgeship in North Carolina on April 23, 1861 but served in the same District from 1861 to 1865 only it was now a Confederate judiciary/district.
 
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