William L. Stoughton
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William Lewis Stoughton (March 20, 1827 – June 6, 1888) was a politician and soldier from U.S. state of Michigan who served in the United States Congress, as well as serving as an officer and brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Biography
Stoughton was born in Bangor, New York. He attended Kirtland, Painesville, and Madison Academies in Lake County, Ohio. He studied law in Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan from 1849 to 1851 when he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Sturgis, Michigan.
Stoughton was a prosecuting attorney of
United States District Attorney for the District of Michigan
in March 1861, but resigned a few months later to enter the Union Army following the outbreak of the Civil War.
He served as
Battle of Chattanooga. He resigned in August 1864 because of ill health and resumed the practice of his profession in Sturgis, Michigan, in 1865. On February 28, 1867, President Andrew Johnson nominated Stoughton for appointment to the grade of brevet major general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 2, 1867.[1]
In 1867, Stoughton became a member of the Michigan State Constitutional convention and served as
Congresses
, serving from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1873. He returned to the practice of law in 1874.
William L. Stoughton died in Sturgis and was interred in Oak Lawn Cemetery.
See also
- 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union)
Notes
- ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1. p. 715.
References
- United States Congress. "William L. Stoughton (id: S000979)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-10-19
- The Political Graveyard
- Eicher, John H., and ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1.
External links
- "William L. Stoughton". Find a Grave. Retrieved October 19, 2008.
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