James W. Throckmorton

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James W. Throckmorton
Dewitt Clinton Giddings
Succeeded byOlin Wellborn
Constituency3rd district
12th Governor of Texas
In office
August 9, 1866 – August 8, 1867
LieutenantGeorge Washington Jones
Preceded byAndrew J. Hamilton
Succeeded byElisha M. Pease
Member of the Texas Senate
In office
November 2, 1857 – November 4, 1861
Preceded byMalachi W. Allen
Succeeded byLewis F. Casey
Constituency4th district
In office
November 2, 1863 – August 6, 1866
Preceded byWilliam Dixon Lair
Succeeded byJohn K. Bumpass
Constituency15th district
Member of the
Texas House of Representatives
In office
November 3, 1851 – November 2, 1857
Constituency25th district (1851–1853)
7th district (1853–1857)
Personal details
Born( 1825-02-01)February 1, 1825
Captain
UnitTexas 1st Texas Volunteers
Texas 6th Texas Cavalry
Battles/warsMexican–American War
American Civil War
Annie Rattan Throckmorton

James Webb Throckmorton (February 1, 1825 – April 21, 1894) was an American politician who served as the

United States Congressman
from Texas from 1875 to 1879 and again from 1883 to 1889.

Biography

Following the outbreak of a

Confederate Army, first as a captain of Company K, 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment.[3]

He was promoted to brigadier general by 1862. During late 1862 while stationed in North Texas, which was chaotic because of military and state militia abuses, he saved all but five men in Sherman, Texas, from being lynched by militia as suspects in anticonscription activities.[4] Violent acts had spread in North Texas after the Great Hanging at Gainesville earlier in October 1862, when a total of 42 men were killed, most hanged.

Throckmorton defeated

Philip H. Sheridan, to remove Throckmorton from office and replace him with Elisha M. Pease, an appointed Republican and Unionist.[2]

As the Radical Republican's influence began to wane in the mid-1870s, Throckmorton was elected to Congress representing Texas's 3rd Congressional District on 1874 and re-elected in 1876. He was not a candidate in 1878. He again later served the 5th District, elected in the 1882 and re-elected in 1884. He was not a candidate in 1886.[5] In 1882 he was elected to the seat vacated by his former Lt. Gov. George Washington Jones, as G.W. Jones did not run for re-election.

Throckmorton died at age 69 from a fall, having become frail due to kidney disease.

References

  1. ^ "Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers who served during the Mexican War in Organizations from the State of Texas". National Archives. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b Minor, David. "Throckmorton, James Webb". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Throckmorton, James W". National Park Service. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  4. ^ McCaslin, Richard B. "Great Hanging of Texas". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Throckmorton, James Webb". United States Congress. Retrieved 31 January 2018.

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Party political offices
Vacant
Title last held by
Hardin Richard Runnels 		Democratic nominee for Governor of Texas
1865, 1866 		Succeeded by
Texas Senate
Preceded by Texas State Senator
from District 4
1857–1861 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Texas State Senator
from District 15
1863–1866 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
Governor of Texas

1866-1867 		Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Dewitt Clinton Giddings
 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 3rd congressional district
1875–1879 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 5th congressional district
1883–1887 		Succeeded by
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