David Timothy Corbin (August 11, 1833 – December 8, 1905) was a Reconstruction era lawyer, officer in the Union Army, prisoner of war, U.S. Attorney, state senator, U.S. Senator-elect,[1] and judge in South Carolina.[2][3] He was from Vermont and came south with the Freedmen's Bureau to Charleston, South Carolina.[4]
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| Born | David Timothy Corbin August 11, 1833 |
| Died | December 8, 1905 (aged 72) Chicago, Illinois |
| Burial place | Rosehill Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Military officer, lawyer, politician |
As a U.S. attorney in South Carolina he prosecuted the Ku Klux Klan Trials in that state.[5][6] In 1872 he testified before a joint congressional committee.[7]
He was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate, and was afterwards nominated to be chief justice of the Utah Territory but not confirmed. He moved to Chicago and practiced law there. He is buried there.
The South Carolina Historical Society has a collection of his papers.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Credentials of David T. Corbin, of South Carolina". The New York Times. February 14, 1877. p. 2. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via NewspaperArchive.
- ^ Illinois, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of (June 17, 1912). "Memorials of deceased companions of the Commandery of the State of Illinois, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States" – via Google Books.
- ^ "Vermont Civil War, Lest We Forget". vermontcivilwar.org.
- ^ Martin, Samuel J. (June 17, 2001). Southern Hero: Matthew Calbraith Butler, Confederate General, Hampton Red Shirt, and U.S. Senator. Stackpole Books. p. 179. ISBN 9780811708999. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ West, Jerry Lee (January 1, 2002). The Reconstruction Ku Klux Klan in York County, South Carolina, 1865-1877. McFarland. ISBN 9780786412587 – via Google Books.
- ^ Argument of Hon. D.T. Corbin in the trial of the Ku-Klux, before the United States Circuit Court: November term, 1871--held at Columbia, South Carolina. Chronicle Pub. Co. June 17, 1872. OCLC 23780515 – via Open WorldCat.
- ^ "Report of the Joint Select Committee to Inquire Into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, Made to the Two Houses of Congress February 19, 1872: Testimony, South Carolina". U.S. Government Printing Office. June 17, 1872 – via Google Books.
- ^ David T. Corbin papers South Carolina Historical Society