CS Con Davis, Reuben - C.S. Congressman, MS

Reuben Davis

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Born: January 18, 1813

Birthplace: Winchester, Tennessee

Father: Rev. John Gardner Davis 1763 – 1831

Mother: Mary Polly Easton 1767 – 1822

1st​ Wife: Mary Theodosia Halbert 1812 – 1865
(Buried: Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi)​

2nd​ Wife: Sarah Virginia “Sallie” Garber 1837 – 1916
(Buried: Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi)​

Children:

Reuben Davis Jr. 1872 – 1942​
(Buried: Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Occupation before War:


Attorney in Athens, and Aberdeen, Mississippi​
1835 – 1839: Prosecuting Attorney, Sixth Judicial District of Mississippi​
1838: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Congressman​
1842: Judge of the High Court of Appeals in Mississippi​
Elected Colonel of 2nd​ Mississippi Volunteers but saw no fighting​
1855 – 1857: Mississippi State Representative​
1857 – 1861: United States Congressman from Mississippi​
1857 – 1859: Member of House Navy Expenditures Committee​
1857 – 1859: Missed 548 Votes in the 35th​ Congress​
1857 – 1861: Member of House Post Office and Post Roads Committee​
1859 – 1861: Missed 433 Votes in the 36th​ Congress​
1861: Withdrew from U.S. Congress on January 12th​

Civil War Career:

1861: Brigadier General in Mississippi State Troops​
1862 – 1863: Confederate States Congressman from Mississippi​
1862: Member of House Committee on Military Affairs​
1862 – 1863: Absent at many voting calls​
1862: Tried to abolish the House Military Affairs Committee​
1862: Resigned from Military Affairs Committee in Protest​
1863: Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of Mississippi​
1863: Resigned as Confederate States Congressman​

Occupation after War:

1863 – 1890: Criminal Law Attorney in Aberdeen, Mississippi​
During Reconstruction he supported policy to repress former slaves​

Died:
October 14, 1890

Place of Death: Huntsville, Alabama

Age at time of Death: 77 years old

Burial Place: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Aberdeen, Mississippi
 
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Besides the last name Davis and both being from Mississiippi they had nothing in common. Rueben was very "anti-Jefferson Davis". Maybe not the most vehement member of congress but one of them.
 
In addition to trying to abolish thd Committee on Military Affairs he was opposed to the war effort and against the draft. After his resignation from the first Congress he offered no more service to the Confederacy.
 
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