Williamson Simpson Oldham

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Williamson Simpson Oldham, Sr.
Confederate States Senator
from Texas
In office
February 18, 1862 – March 18, 1865
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Deputy from Texas
to the Provisional Congress
of the Confederate States
In office
February 4, 1861 – February 17, 1862
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born(1813-06-19)June 19, 1813
Franklin County, Tennessee
DiedMay 8, 1868(1868-05-08) (aged 54)
Houston, Texas
Resting placeMasonic Cemetery,
Eagle Lake, Texas
Political partyDemocratic

Williamson Simpson Oldham Sr. (June 19, 1813 – May 8, 1868) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Texas from 1862 to 1865.

Biography[]

Williamson Simpson Oldham Sr., was born on July 19, 1813, in Franklin County, Tennessee. Oldham served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1838 and was later a Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1842. He represented Texas in the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862, and was a senator in both the First and Second Confederate States congresses from 1862 to 1865. Oldham died on May 8, 1868.[1]

Legacy[]

Oldham County, Texas (established 1881), is named after him.

In popular culture[]

In Harry Turtledove's 1994 alternative history novel, Guns of the South, a "Congressman Oldham" from Texas is mentioned as sponsoring a bill to re-enslave freedmen in a victorious Confederacy. Since the setting was the time of the 2nd Confederate States Congress, it is likely that Turtledove was referring to Senator Oldham.

References[]

  1. ^ Williamson Simpson Oldham. Retrieved November 22, 2015.

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