Charles B. Mitchel
Charles Mitchel | |
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| Confederate States Senator from Arkansas | |
| In office February 18, 1862 – September 20, 1864 | |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Augustus Hill Garland |
| United States Senator from Arkansas | |
| In office March 4, 1861 – July 11, 1861 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Ward Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin F. Rice (1868) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Burton Mitchel September 19, 1815 Gallatin, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | September 20, 1864 (aged 49) Little Rock, Arkansas, C.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Nashville (BS) Thomas Jefferson University (MD) |
Charles Burton Mitchel (September 19, 1815 – September 20, 1864) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States senator from Arkansas from February 18, 1862 until his death in 1864. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arkansas as a U.S. senator in 1861.
Biography
[edit]Mitchel was born on September 19, 1815, in Gallatin, Tennessee. He graduated from the University of Nashville, in 1833, and from the Jefferson Medical College in 1836; moved to Washington, Arkansas, and practiced medicine for 25 years. He owned slaves.[1] He was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1848; receiver of public moneys, from 1853 to 1856; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1860 to the 37th United States Congress. Mitchel was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate, and served from March 4, 1861, until July 11, 1861, when he was expelled for support of the Confederacy. He was then elected to the Confederate States Senate at the first session of the Arkansas General Assembly and served until September 20, 1864, when he died the day after his forty-ninth birthday. He was interred in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Washington, Arkansas. [citation needed]
See also
[edit]- List of Confederate States senators
- List of United States senators from Arkansas
- List of United States senators expelled or censured
References
[edit]- ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, January 19, 2022, retrieved July 14, 2022
- United States Congress. "Charles B. Mitchel (id: M000801)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Further reading
[edit]- Simms, W. E.; Lewis, John W.; Mitchel, Chas. B. (1862). Report of the Select Committee Appointed by the Senate of the Confederate States to Examine into the Condition of Hospitals, and Report by Bill or Otherwise (Report). OL 24600622M – via Internet Archive.
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- 1815 births
- 1864 deaths
- People from Gallatin, Tennessee
- Democratic Party United States senators from Arkansas
- Expelled United States senators
- Confederate States of America senators
- Physicians from Tennessee
- 19th-century American physicians
- Thomas Jefferson University alumni
- University of Nashville alumni
- People of Arkansas in the American Civil War
- United States senators who owned slaves
- 19th-century United States senators
- 19th-century members of the Arkansas General Assembly