Waller Redd Staples
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
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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