CS Con Jemison, Robert Jr. - C.S. Senator, AL

Robert Jemison Jr.
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Born: September 17, 1802

Birthplace: Lincoln County, Georgia

Father: William Jemison 1778 – 1829
(Buried: Jemison Family Cemetery, Northport, Alabama)​

Mother: Sarah “Sally” Mims 1784 – 1826
(Buried: Jemison Family Cemetery, Northport, Alabama)​

Wife: Priscilla Cherokee Taylor 1812 – 1886
(Buried: Jemison Family Cemetery, Northport, Alabama)​

Children:

Cherokee Mims Jemison Hargrove 1838 – 1903​
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
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Political Party: Whig Party and Democratic Party
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Occupation before War:


1826 – 1836: Planter with his father in Pickens County, Alabama​

1836 – 1861: Planter, Developed Mills, Stagecoach Lines in Tuscaloosa, Alabama​
Owner of six plantations owning over ten thousand Acres of land​
1837 – 1863: Alabama State Representative​
Recognized as an expert in banking and public finance​
1847: Chairman of Ways and Means when Revenue system reorganized​
Major Advocate of the construction of hospital for humane treatment of mentally ill.​

Civil War Career:

Owner of six plantations owning over ten thousand Acres of land​
1837 – 1863: Alabama State Representative and State Senator​
1861: Delegate to Alabama State Secession Convention​
Spoke one behalf of Unionists at the Alabama Secession Convention​
Argued that Yancey’s rash demand for immediate separation would lead to the second region of terror.​
1863: elected to fill the unfinished Senate term of William L. Yancey​
In his parting speech to the Alabama Senate Jemison brought suspicion upon his loyalty by promising to seek an honorable peace.​
1863 – 1865: Confederate States Senator from Alabama​
1863 – 1864: Member of Senate Naval Affairs Committee​
1864: Member of Senate Finance Committee​
1864: Member of Senate Post Offices and Post Roads Committee​
Seldom offered bill, amendment, or comment in the Senate​
Jemison’s voting record indicated he would make few concessions to emergency.​
He wished to extend the draft age from sixteen to sixty years old​
He wanted to reduce exemption of the draft to a minimum​
Jemison wanted new recruits under state control for local service​
Jemison opposed all further demands upon income and property or controls over transportation and production.​
1864: He remained home after at June to salvage what he could of his interests.​

Occupation after War:

Became a member of the Democratic Political Party​
1865 – 1869: President of Northeast and Southwest Railroad​

Died: October 16, 1871

Place of Death: Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Age at time of Death: 69 years old

Burial Place: Jemison Family Cemetery, Northport, Alabama
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