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Waller Redd Staples

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Born: February 24, 1826

Birthplace: Patrick Court House (Stuart), Virginia

Father: Colonel Abram Penn Staples 1793 – 1856
(Buried: Stuart Cemetery, Stuart, Virginia)​

Mother: Mary Penn Stovall 1804 – 1855
(Buried: Stuart Cemetery, Stuart, Virginia)​

Political Party: Whig Party and Democratic Party

Religion:
Presbyterian

Education:

Attended University of North Carolina​
1846: Graduated from College of William and Mary​

Occupation before War:

1848 – 1861: Attorney in Christiansburg, Virginia​
1853 – 1854: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates​

Civil War Career:

1861: Montgomery County Delegate to Virginia Secession Convention​
1861 – 1862: Virginia Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress​
1862 – 1865: Confederate States Congressman from Virginia​
1862: Member of House Elections Committee
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1862: Member of House Patents Committee​
Supporter of low taxes at the start of the War​
Fought both an extension of the draft age and reduction in classes.​
Opposed Suspension of habeas corpus​
Opposed Arbitrary Currency Management​
Opposed reorganization of the Confederate Army.​
Opposed impressment of foodstuffs.​
Thought of President Jefferson Davis as an Autocrat.​
Voted to dismiss Benjamin and Memminger from the cabinet.​
Supported destruction of property to prevent capture.​
Supporter of Stringent cubs on speculation.​
Supporter of Impressment of railroads and staple crops.​
1863 – 1864: Member of House Elections Committee​
1863 – 1864: Member of House Patents Committee​
1864 – 1865: Member of House Military Affairs Committee​
1865: Supporter of arming slaves​
1865: Opposed Peace Negotiations​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1870: Attorney in Montgomery County, Virginia​
1870 – 1882: Associate Justice of Virginia State Supreme Court​
1882 – 1897: Attorney in Christiansburg, and Richmond, Virginia​
1884 – 1886: Author of compilation of the Virginia State Code​
Attorney for Railroads, and President of Virginia State Bar Association​
Senior member of leading Law Firm in Richmond, Virginia​

Died: August 20, 1897

Place of Death: Christiansburg, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 71 years old

Burial Place: Fair View Cemetery, Roanoke, Virginia
 
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