CS Con Singleton, Otho Robards - C.S. Congressman, MS

Otho Robards Singleton
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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
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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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