Thomas Ringland Stockdale (March 28, 1828 – January 8, 1899) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi from 1886 to 1895, and a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1896 to 1897.
Thomas Ringland Stockdale | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 6th district | |
| In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1895 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Smith Van Eaton |
| Succeeded by | Walter McKennon Denny |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 28, 1828 Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | January 8, 1899 (aged 70) Summit, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Resting place | Woodlawn Cemetery, Summit, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Mississippi |
Biography
editBorn at West Union Church near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, Stockdale graduated from Jefferson College (now Washington & Jefferson College) in 1856 and received a master's degree in 1859.[1][2] He taught school in Pike County, Mississippi,[3] received his law degree from the University of Mississippi in 1859 and practiced in Woodville, Mississippi.[2][4]
During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Army. Enlisting as a private in the 16th Mississippi Infantry in 1861,[2] he was promoted to lieutenant, captain and major, and served as regimental adjutant. He later commanded a battalion in the 4th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment and then served as the regiment's second in command with the rank of lieutenant colonel.[5][6]
After the war Stockdale resumed the practice of law in Summit, Mississippi. He served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1868. He was also a Democratic presidential elector in 1872 and 1884.[7]
Stockdale was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1886 and served four terms, March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1895. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894.[8][9][10][11]
In 1896 Stockdale was appointed by Governor Anselm J. McLaurin to fill a vacancy as a justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court and he served until 1897.[2][12][13]
He died in Summit, Mississippi on January 8, 1899, and was interred in Summit's Woodlawn Cemetery.[14][15][16]
Stockdale's home has been preserved by the Summit Historical Society, and the grounds of his home also contain a memorial to Stockdale.[17]
References
edit- ^ Richard Zuczek, Encyclopedia of the Reconstruction Era, Volume 1, 2006, page 613
- ^ a b c d Thomas H. Somerville, "A Sketch of the Supreme Court of Mississippi", in Horace W. Fuller, ed., The Green Bag, Vol. XI (1899), p. 515.
- ^ Firebird Press, Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi Volume 2, Part 2, 1999, pages 840 to 841
- ^ John Howard Brown, The Cyclopedia of American Biography, Volume 7, page 219
- ^ Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, Phi Gamma Delta Quarterly, January, 1891, page 194
- ^ Broadfoot Publishing, Confederate Military History: Mississippi, 1987, page 481
- ^ Dunbar Rowland, Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Towns, Events, Institutions and Persons, Volume 2, 1907, page 734
- ^ Thomas William Herringshaw, Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century, 1901, page 894
- ^ Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Mississippi Official and Statistical Register, 1904, pages 315 to 317
- ^ Atlanta Constitution, The Campaign in Mississippi: Populists Are Making a Fight but Without Hope, October 8, 1894
- ^ New York Times, Missouri Democratic; They Elect Twelve Out of the Fifteen Members of Congress, November 7, 1894
- ^ Leslie Southwick, Mississippi Supreme Court Elections: A Historical Perspective 1916-1996, 18 Miss. C. L. Rev. 115 (1997-1998).
- ^ Mississippi Supreme Court, Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi, Volume 74, 1898, page iii
- ^ Star Publishing Company, Reunion Proceedings of the Jefferson Class of '56, 1902, page 28
- ^ Thomas E. Spencer, Where They're Buried, 2009, page 213
- ^ Baltimore Sun, Ex-Judge Stockdale Dead, January 10, 1899
- ^ Summit Historical Society, Stockdale Dedication page, accessed November 19, 2012
External links
edit- United States Congress. "T. R. Stockdale (id: S000934)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- T. R. Stockdale at Find a Grave