Malcolm D. Graham
Malcolm Daniel Graham | |
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Texas State Senate | |
In office 1857–1857 | |
Texas State Attorney General | |
In office 1858–1860 | |
Governor | Sam Houston |
Preceded by | James Willie |
Succeeded by | |
Representative from Texas to the Confederate Congress | |
President | Jefferson Davis |
Personal details | |
Born | July 6, 1827 |
Died | October 6, 1878 | (aged 51)
Political party | Democrat |
Relations | Malcolm A. Graham (son) |
Malcolm Daniel Graham (July 6, 1827 – October 6, 1878) was a Confederate politician.
Life[]
He was born in Autauga County, Alabama and later moved to Texas. He served in the Texas State Senate in 1857 and as Attorney General from 1858 to 1860. He was a delegate to the Texas Secession Convention and was signer of the Ordinance of Secession.[1] He represented the state in the First Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1864. He also served as a colonel in the Confederate Army.[2]
He was married to Sarah Cornelia Bethea.[3] He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Montgomery, Alabama.[3]
He had a son, named Malcolm A. Graham, who served in the Alabama House of Representatives in the late 1910s.
References[]
- ^ B. P. Gallaway. Texas, the Dark Corner of the Confederacy: Contemporary Accounts of the Lone Star State in the Civil War. University of Nebraska Press; 1994 [Retrieved 6 August 2017]. ISBN 0-8032-7036-4. p. 235–237.
- ^ "Graham, K to N". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Malcolm Daniel Graham". Findagrave.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
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- 1827 births
- 1878 deaths
- Texas state senators
- Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Texas
- 19th-century American politicians
- Texas Attorneys General
- Confederate States Army officers
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