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Thomas Stanhope Bocock

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Born: May 18, 1815

Birthplace: Buckingham County, Virginia

Father:
John Thomas Bocock 1773 – 1845
(Buried: Wildway Cemetery, Appomattox County, Virginia)​

Mother: Mary “Polly” Flood 1789 – 1851
(Buried: Wildway Cemetery, Appomattox County, Virginia)​

1st Wife: Sarah Patrick Flood 1828 – 1849 (Thomas's second cousin)

Married: September 2, 1846

2nd Wife: Annie Holmes Faulkner 1835 – 1915
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

Married: Berkeley County, Virginia (later West Virginia) in 1853

Children:

Bell Bocock​
Thomas Stanley Bocock​
Willis P Bocock (1861-1947)​
Mazie F. Bocock​
Ella F. Bocock​
Sallie P. Bocock​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Education:


1838: Graduated from Hampden – Sydney College​

Occupation before War:

1840 – 1845: Attorney in Buckingham Court House, Virginia​
1842 – 1844: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates​
1845 – 1846: Appomattox County Virginia Prosecuting Attorney
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1847 – 1861: United States Congressman from Virginia​
1847 – 1849: Member of House Revolutionary Pensions Committee​
1849 – 1853: Member of House Naval Affairs Committee​
1853 – 1855: Chairman of House Naval Affairs Committee​
1855 – 1857: Member of House Naval Affairs Committee​
1857 – 1859: Chairman of House Naval Affairs Committee​
1859 – 1861: Ranking Member House Expenditures Navy Department Committee​
1859 – 1861: Member of House Naval Affairs Committee​
1859 – 1861: Member of House Rules Committee​
1859 – 1860: Democratic Candidate for Speaker of House​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Virginia Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress​
1862 – 1865: Confederate States Congressman from Virginia​
1862 – 1865: Speaker of Confederate House of Representatives​
1862 – 1864: Chairman of Congress Joint Rules Committee​
1862 – 1865: Seldom Participated in debate due to being speaker.​
1862 – 1865: Supporter of upholding and strengthening policies.​
Opposed impressment, high taxes, and economic regimentation.​
Opposed the Administration request to arm slaves​
1865: Headed Virginia delegation which waited upon President Davis to advise him that the house wanted confidence in the cabinet.​

Occupation after war:

Owner of Wildway Plantation near Appomattox Court House​
Took a leading part in the so–called readjuster party movement​
Advocate for compromise of Virginia’s Confederate debt​
Successful Attorney in Appomattox County, Virginia​
Speaker and Presiding officer of government and party functions.​
1868: Virginia Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention​
1872: Virginia Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention​
1876: Virginia Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention​
1880: Virginia Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention​

Died: August 5, 1891

Place of Death: Wildway Plantation, near Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 76 years old

Burial Place: Bocock Cemetery, Appomattox County, Virginia
 
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Secretary of War Seddon's resignation on February 6, 1865 was a direct result of the Virginia delegation, led by Bocock, demanding a cabinet "reshuffle". This delegation came before Jefferson Davis and expressed their dissatisfaction and loss of confidence in the cabinet. Bocock generally supported Davis but this was near the war's end.
 
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