Thomas Stanhope Bocock
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
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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