Richard H. Whiteley
Richard Henry Whiteley | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 2nd district | |
In office December 22, 1870 – March 3, 1875 | |
Preceded by | Nelson Tift |
Succeeded by | William Ephraim Smith |
Personal details | |
Born | County Kildare, Ireland | December 22, 1830
Died | September 26, 1890 Boulder, Colorado | (aged 59)
Resting place | Columbia Cemetery, Boulder, Colorado |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Margarette Devine Mary Strickland |
Occupation | Attorney |
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Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Richard Henry Whiteley (December 22, 1830 – September 26, 1890) was a U.S. representative and U.S. senator-elect from Georgia.[1] He is the only Republican to ever hold the 2nd congressional district from Georgia.
Biography
[edit]Born in County Kildare, Ireland, Whiteley immigrated to the United States in 1836 with his parents, who settled in Georgia. He received private instruction in elementary education. He engaged in manufacturing. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860, commencing practice in Bainbridge, Georgia.[1]
Whiteley opposed secession, but after the adoption of the ordinance entered the Confederate States Army and fought throughout the Civil War. He served in the 5th Georgia Infantry and 2nd Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion, attaining the rank of major.[2] He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1867.[1]
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1866 to the Fortieth Congress, then presented credentials as a senator-elect to the United States Senate on July 15, 1870, to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1865, but as the election took place prior to the readmission of Georgia into the Union was not admitted to a seat.[1]
Whiteley was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the House declaring Nelson Tift not entitled to the seat. He was reelected to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses and served from December 22, 1870, to March 3, 1875. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Forty-fourth Congress and for election to the Forty-fifth Congress.
Following his time in Congress, he moved to Boulder, Colorado, in 1877 and resumed the practice of his profession. He died in Boulder on September 26, 1890, and was interred in the Masonic Cemetery.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Whiteley, Richard Henry". United States Congress. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "Whiteley, Richard H". National Park Service. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
References
[edit]- United States Congress. "Richard H. Whiteley (id: W000408)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-14
External links
[edit]- "Richard H. Whiteley". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- 1830 births
- 1890 deaths
- Confederate States Army officers
- Irish soldiers in the Confederate States Army
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Politicians from Boulder, Colorado
- Irish emigrants to the United States
- People from Bainbridge, Georgia
- Colorado Republicans
- 19th-century American legislators
- Military personnel from Colorado
- Members of the United States House of Representatives who owned slaves