Thomas Croxton
Thomas Croxton | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 | |
| Preceded by | George T. Garrison |
| Succeeded by | Thomas H. B. Browne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 8, 1822 |
| Died | July 3, 1903 (aged 81) Tappahannock, Virginia |
| Resting place | St Johns Episcopal Churchyard[1] Tappahannock, Virginia |
| Party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Confederate States |
| Branch/service | File:Battle flag of the Confederate States of America (1-1).svg Confederate States Army |
| Rank | File:Confederate States of America Captain.png Captain[2][3] |
| Unit | General George Pickett's staff |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
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Thomas Croxton (March 8, 1822 – July 3, 1903) was a U.S. representative from Virginia.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Born in Tappahannock, Virginia, Croxton attended primary school there and, later, the Tappahannock and Rappahannock Academies. He graduated from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1842; admitted to the bar, he commenced practice in Tappahannock, Virginia. He served as attorney for the Commonwealth from 1852 to 1865, when he resigned. During the Civil War Croxton served on the staff of General George E. Pickett.
Croxton was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress. After his failure to be reelected, he resumed the practice of law and engaged in agricultural pursuits.
In 1892, Croxton was elected judge of Essex County, Virginia, and served from 1892 until his resignation in 1901. He died in Tappahannock, Virginia, July 3, 1903 and was interred in St. John's Episcopal Churchyard. There are papers relating to his law practice at the Special Collections Research Center at the College of William and Mary.[4]
Elections
[edit | edit source]- 1884; Croxton was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 51% of the vote, defeating Republican Robert Murphy Mayo.
- 1886; Croxton lost his re-election bid to Republican Thomas Henry Bayly Browne.
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External links
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- 1822 births
- 1903 deaths
- Virginia lawyers
- Confederate States Army officers
- People from Tappahannock, Virginia
- University of Virginia School of Law alumni
- People of Virginia in the American Civil War
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia
- 19th-century Virginia politicians
- 19th-century United States representatives