Otho Robards Singleton
Born: October 14, 1814
Birthplace: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Father: Lewis Taylor Singleton 1786 – 1850
Mother: Rebecca Robards 1790 – 1828
1st Wife: Martha A. Field 1823 – 1856
(Buried: Canton City Cemetery, Canton, Mississippi)
2nd Wife: Eliza Yandell 1828 – 1882
(Buried: Canton City Cemetery, Canton, Mississippi)
Children:
Richard H. Singleton 1845 – 1886
(Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Martha E. Singleton 1854 – 1855
(Buried: Canton City Cemetery, Canton, Mississippi)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
Graduated from St. Joseph's College
Graduated from Transylvania University Law School
Occupation before War:
1838 – 1853: Attorney in Canton, Mississippi
1846 – 1847: Mississippi State Representative
1848 – 1854: Mississippi State Senator
1853 – 1855: United States Congressman from Mississippi
1854: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.
1855 – 1857: Attorney in Canton, Mississippi
1857 – 1861: United States Congressman from Mississippi
1859 – 1861: Member of House Roads and Canals Committee
Civil War Career:
1862 – 1865: Confederate States Congressman from Mississippi
1862 – 1864: Chairman of House Indian Affairs Committee
1862: Member of House Pay and Mileage Committee
1862: Member House Joint Inauguration Committee
Attended the Second Congress only briefly.
Voted to limit debate and to adjourn early.
He once argued that if a state withheld munitions from the central government, they should be taken by force.
He led the fight to end the hiring of substitutes for army service.
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1875: Attorney in Canton, Mississippi
1875 – 1887: United States Congressman from Mississippi
1875 – 1881: Member of House Appropriations Committee
1875 – 1877: Member of House Printing Committee
1877 – 1881: Chairman of House Printing Committee
1881–1883: Ranking Member House Justice Department Expenditures
1881 – 1883: Member House Coinage, Weights and Measures Committee
1883 – 1887: Chairman of House Library Committee
1883 – 1885: Member of House Patents Committee
1885 – 1887: Member of House Foreign Affairs Committee
1886: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination to U.S. Congress.
Died: January 11, 1889
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Age at time of Death: 74 years old
Burial Place: Canton City Cemetery, Canton, Mississippi
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