Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings
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| Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Nebraska Territory's at-large district | |
| In office January 5, 1855 – March 3, 1855 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Bird Chapman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings January 2, 1816 Boonesborough, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | August 3, 1897 (aged 81) Savannah, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Allegiance |  United StatesUnion |
| Years of service | 1846–1847 1865 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Battles/wars | Mexican–American War American Civil War |
Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings (January 2, 1816 – August 3, 1897) was a United States Congressional Delegate from the
United States Civil War
.
Biography
Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings was born near
Texas War of Independence and became sergeant major of his regiment. When Texas gained independence he was appointed chief clerk in the auditor's office of the Republic of Texas
.
After serving as acting auditor until his resignation in 1838, Giddings returned to Fayette and studied law. He was admitted to the
Missouri Bar
in 1841 and commenced practice in Fayette. There he was married to Armide Boone, daughter of Rev. Hampton Lynch and Maria Louisa (Roberts) Boone, and a great niece of frontiersman Daniel Boone on November 15, 1842.
In the
U.S.-Mexican War Giddings was commissioned as captain of Company A, Second Regiment, Missouri Mounted Volunteers, and served until March 1847. He edited the Union Flag newspaper in Franklin County, Missouri afterwards, and eventually went to California to engage in gold mining. At some point after that he returned to Missouri, settled in Savannah, Missouri
and practiced law.
In the early 1850s Giddings moved to
Thirty-third United States Congress
and served from January 5 to March 3, 1855. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1854.
Giddings resumed his law practice in Savannah shortly thereafter, and was commissioned a lieutenant colonel of the Fifty-first Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry during the
United States Civil War
. He served from April 11, 1865, to August 31, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. Giddings died in Savannah on August 3, 1897, and was interred in the City Cemetery there.
References
- United States Congress. "Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings (id: G000168)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Giddings, R. & Giddings, B. (1998). The Giddings in North America, Parkview Publishing Co.
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