James Seddon

James Seddon


4th Confederate States Secretary of War
In office November 21, 1862 – February 5, 1865
President	Jefferson Davis
Preceded by	George Randolph
Succeeded by	John Breckinridge
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 6th district
In office March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Preceded by	John Botts
Succeeded by	John Caskie
In office March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
Preceded by	John Jones
Succeeded by	John Botts

Personal details
Born	James Alexander Seddon (1815-07-13)July 13, 1815 Falmouth, Virginia, US
Died	August 19, 1880(1880-08-19) (aged 65) Goochland County, Virginia, US
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Sarah Bruce
Alma mater	University of Virginia

James Alexander Seddon (July 13, 1815 – August 19, 1880) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a Representative in the United States Congress, as a member of the Democratic Party. Seddon was appointed Confederate States Secretary of War by Jefferson Davis during the American Civil War.

Biography

Due to frail health, Seddon was educated primarily at home and became self-taught as a youth. At the age of twenty-one, he entered the law school of the University of Virginia. After graduation, Seddon settled in Richmond, Virginia, establishing a successful law practice.

In 1845, the Democratic Party nominated Seddon for Congress, and he was easily elected. He was renominated two years later but declined due to platform differences with the party. In 1849, Seddon was reelected to Congress, serving from December 1849 until March 1851. Owing to poor health, he declined another nomination at the end of his term. He retired to "Sabot Hill," his plantation located along the James River above Richmond.

Seddon attended the Peace Conference of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., which attempted to devise a means of preventing the impending civil war. Later in the same year, he attended the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States. President Davis named him his fourth Secretary of War, succeeding George W. Randolph. He held this post until January 1, 1865, when he retired from public life to his plantation and was succeeded by John C. Breckinridge. His service of more than twenty-four months as Secretary made him the most durable of the five secretaries.

Electoral history

1845; Seddon was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 52.28% of the vote, defeating Whig John Minor Botts.
1849; Seddon was reelected with 53.64% of the vote, defeating Whig challenger Botts.

External links

Wikisource has original works by or about:
James Seddon

Wikimedia Commons has media related to James Alexander Seddon.

United States Congress. "James Seddon (id: S000220)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
"James Seddon". Find a Grave. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
James Seddon biography at Spartacus Educational
James Seddon biography at the Confederate States War Department

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by John Jones	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 6th congressional district 1845–1847	Succeeded by John Botts
Preceded by John Botts	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 6th congressional district 1849–1851	Succeeded by John Caskie
Political offices
Preceded by George Randolph	Confederate States Secretary of War 1862–1865	Succeeded by John Breckinridge

v t e Cabinet of President Jefferson Davis (1861–1865)
Vice-President	Alexander H. Stephens (1861–65)
Secretary of State	Robert Toombs (1861) Robert M. T. Hunter (1861–62) Judah P. Benjamin (1862–65)
Secretary of the Treasury	C. G. Memminger (1861–64) G. A. Trenholm (1864–65) John H. Reagan (1865)
Secretary of War	Leroy P. Walker (1861) Judah P. Benjamin (1861–62) George W. Randolph (1862) James A. Seddon (1862–65) John C. Breckinridge (1865)
Secretary of the Navy	Stephen R. Mallory (1861–65)
Postmaster-General	John H. Reagan (1861–65)
Attorney-General	Judah P. Benjamin (1861) Thomas Bragg (1861–62) Thomas H. Watts (1862–63) George Davis (1864–65)

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 6th congressional district
I. Coles Venable I. Coles Clay Trigg Sheffey Smyth G. Tucker Davenport W. Coles Jones Seddon Botts Seddon Caskie Powell Leake Milnes Harris Whitehead J. Tucker Daniel Hopkins Edmunds Otey Glass Woods Woodrum Almond Burton Poff Butler Olin Goodlatte Cline

American Civil War

Origins

Origins	Timeline leading to the War Bleeding Kansas Border states Compromise of 1850 John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry Kansas-Nebraska Act Lincoln–Douglas debates Missouri Compromise Nullification crisis Origins of the American Civil War Panic of 1857 Popular sovereignty Secession South Carolina Declaration of Secession States' rights President Lincoln's 75,000 volunteers
Slavery	African Americans Cornerstone Speech Crittenden Compromise Dred Scott v. Sandford Emancipation Proclamation Fire-Eaters Fugitive slave laws Plantations in the American South Positive good Slave Power Slavery in the United States Treatment of slaves in the United States Uncle Tom's Cabin
Abolitionism	Abolitionism in the United States Susan B. Anthony James G. Birney John Brown Frederick Douglass William Lloyd Garrison Lane Debates on Slavery Elijah Parish Lovejoy J. Sella Martin Lysander Spooner George Luther Stearns Thaddeus Stevens Charles Sumner Caning Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad

Combatants
Theaters
Campaigns
Battles
States

Combatants

Union	Army Navy Marine Corps Revenue Cutter Service
Confederacy	Army Navy Marine Corps

Theaters

Major campaigns

Major battles

Involvement

States and
territories

Cities

Leaders

Confederate

Military	R. H. Anderson Beauregard Bragg Buchanan Cooper Early Ewell Forrest Gorgas Hill Hood Jackson A. S. Johnston J. E. Johnston Lee Longstreet Morgan Mosby Polk Price Semmes E. K. Smith Stuart Taylor Wheeler
Civilian	Benjamin Bocock Breckinridge Davis Hunter Mallory Memminger Seddon Stephens

Union

Military	Anderson Buell Burnside Butler Du Pont Farragut Foote Frémont Grant Halleck Hooker Hunt McClellan McDowell Meade Meigs Ord Pope D. D. Porter Rosecrans Scott Sheridan Sherman Thomas
Civilian	Adams Chase Ericsson Hamlin Lincoln Pinkerton Seward Stanton Stevens Wade Welles

Aftermath

Constitution

Reconstruction Amendments

Reconstruction

Post-
Reconstruction

Monuments
and memorials

Union	List Grand Army of the Republic memorials to Lincoln
Confederate	List artworks in Capitol memorials to Davis memorials to Lee Removal

Cemeteries

Veterans

Related topics

Military	Arms Campaign Medal Cavalry Confederate Home Guard Confederate railroads Confederate revolving cannon Field artillery Medal of Honor recipients Medicine Naval battles Official Records Partisan rangers POW camps Rations Signal Corps Turning point Union corps badges U.S. Balloon Corps U.S. Home Guard U.S. Military Railroad
Political	Committee on the Conduct of the War Confederate States presidential election of 1861 Confiscation Act of 1861 Confiscation Act of 1862 Copperheads Diplomacy Emancipation Proclamation Habeas Corpus Act of 1863 Hampton Roads Conference National Union Party Politicians killed Radical Republicans Trent Affair Union Leagues U.S. Presidential Election of 1864 War Democrats
Music	Battle Hymn of the Republic Dixie John Brown's Body A Lincoln Portrait Marching Through Georgia Maryland, My Maryland When Johnny Comes Marching Home Daar kom die Alibama
By ethnicity	African Americans German Americans Irish Americans Italian Americans Native Americans Catawba Cherokee Choctaw Seminole
Other topics	Baltimore riot of 1861 Battlefield preservation Bibliography Confederate war finance Confederate States dollar Espionage Confederate Secret Service Great Hanging at Gainesville Great Revival of 1863 Gender issues Juneteenth Naming the war New York City Gold Hoax of 1864 New York City riots of 1863 Photographers Richmond riots of 1863 Salt Supreme Court cases Tokens U.S. Sanitary Commission Women soldiers
Related	List of films and television shows about the American Civil War

Read other articles:

Daftar kawasan yang dilindungi di Taiwan

artikel ini tidak memiliki pranala ke artikel lain. Tidak ada alasan yang diberikan. Bantu kami untuk mengembangkannya dengan memberikan pranala ke artikel lain secukupnya. (Pelajari cara dan kapan saatnya untuk menghapus pesan templat ini) Artikel ini sebatang kara, artinya tidak ada artikel lain yang memiliki pranala balik ke halaman ini.Bantulah menambah pranala ke artikel ini dari artikel yang berhubungan atau coba peralatan pencari pranala.Tag ini diberikan pada Desember 2022. Artikel in...

جورجينيو فينالدوم

جورجينيو فينالدوم Georginio Wijnaldum فينالدوم مع هولندا عام 2016 معلومات شخصية الاسم الكامل جورجينيو جريجيون إميل وينالدوم[1] الميلاد 11 نوفمبر 1990 (العمر 33 سنة)[2]روتردام، هولندا الطول 1.75 م (5 قدم 9 بوصة)[3] مركز اللعب وسط الجنسية مملكة هولندا أخوة وأخوات راجيف فا�...

1200-talet

Den här artikeln handlar om hundraårsperioden 1200–1299. För decenniet 1200–1209, se 1200-talet (decennium). 1200-talet År: 1200 | 1201 | 1202 | 1203 | 12041205 | 1206 | 1207 | 1208 | 1209 1210 | 1211 | 1212 | 1213 | 12141215 | 1216 | 1217 | 1218 | 1219 1220 | 1221 | 1222 | 1223 | 12241225 | 1226 | 1227 | 1228 | 1229 1230 | 1231 | 1232 | 1233 | 12341235 | 1236 | 1237 | 1238 | 1239 1240 | 1241 | 1242 | 1243 | 12441245 | 1246 | 1247 | 1248 | 1249 1250 | 1251 | 1252 |...

2018 en science

Cette chronologie est une ébauche concernant la science. Vous pouvez partager vos connaissances en l’améliorant (comment ?) selon les recommandations des projets correspondants. Chronologies Données clés 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021Décennies :1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040Siècles :XIXe XXe XXIe XXIIe XXIIIeMillénaires :Ier IIe IIIe Chronologies géographiques Afrique Afrique du Sud, Algérie, Angola, Béni...

Ursula Hirst

British character actress This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: Ursula Hirst – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Ursula Hirst-Sheron (23 February 1909 – 30 October 2002) was a British character actress. Gravestone, Br...

لغات السونغاي

لغات السونغاي الاسم الذاتي Songhay التوزيع الجغرافي لمتكلمي لغات السونغاي , كل لون يدل على لهجة مختلفة: السونغاي الغربي: بلبالية كويرا شيني تاداكساهاك تاسواق تاڭدال السونغاي الشرقي: توندي سونغاي كيني هومبوري سيني كويرابور�...

Ragnall Guthfrithson

Viking leader who ruled Northumbria in the 10th century Ragnall GuthfrithsonKing of NorthumbriaReign943–944PredecessorOlaf CuaranSuccessorEdmund I (as King of the English)Co-monarchOlaf CuaranDynastyUí ÍmairFatherGofraid ua Ímair Partial, silver penny of Ragnall Guthfrithson Ragnall Guthfrithson (Old Norse: Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðsson [ˈrɔɣnˌwɑldz̠ ˈɡuðˌrøðsˌson]; Old Irish: Ragnall mac Gofraid) was a Viking[nb 1] leader who ruled Viking Yorkshire in the 10th ce...

Associazione Calcio Lanerossi Vicenza 1964-1965

Voce principale: Vicenza Calcio. A.C. Lanerossi VicenzaStagione 1964-1965Sport calcio SquadraVicenza Calcio Allenatore Manlio Scopigno Presidente Delio Giacometti Serie A12º posto Coppa ItaliaPrimo turno Maggiori presenzeCampionato: Vastola (34) Miglior marcatoreCampionato: Luís Vinício (12) 1963-1964 1965-1966 Si invita a seguire il modello di voce Questa voce raccoglie le informazioni riguardanti l'Associazione Calcio Lanerossi Vicenza nelle competizioni ufficiali della stagione 1964-19...

Chris Reeve

South African-American knife maker (born 1953) Not to be confused with Christopher Reeve. Chris ReeveBornChristopher Stanley Reeve (1953-12-04) December 4, 1953 (age 70)Durban, South AfricaOccupationsTool and die makerknife designerentrepreneurSpouse Anne (Cameron) Reeve (m. 1987; div. 2014)ChildrenTim ReeveParentsStanley F. ReeveMuriel (Dicks) Reeve Christopher Stanley Reeve (born December 4, 1953) is a South African-American knife mak...

United States bankruptcy court

Courts created under Article I of the United States Constitution Bankruptcy in theUnited States Bankruptcy in the United States Authority History U.S. Trustee Court BAP Code FRBP Chapters Chapter 7 Chapter 9 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 15 Aspects of bankruptcy law Automatic stay Discharge Bankruptcy trustee Chief restructuring officer Claim Means test DIP vte Bankruptcy Court redirects here. For the former courts in the United Kingdom, see Court of Bankruptcy. United States bankr...

Dubai Tennis Championships 2011

Dubai Tennis Championships 2011 Sport Tennis Data 21 febbraio – 27 febbraio (uomini)14 febbraio – 20 febbraio (donne) Edizione 19a Categoria ATP World Tour 500 (uomini)WTA Premier (donne) Superficie Cemento Campioni Singolare maschile Novak Đoković Singolare femminile Caroline Wozniacki Doppio maschile Serhij Stachovs'kyj / Michail Južnyj Doppio femminile Liezel Huber / María José Martínez Sánchez 2010 2012 Il Dubai Tennis Championships 2011 è stato un torneo di tennis giocato su...

Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum

Historic house in Virginia, United States United States historic placeStonewall Jackson's HeadquartersU.S. National Register of Historic PlacesU.S. National Historic LandmarkU.S. Historic districtContributing propertyVirginia Landmarks Register (2007)Show map of VirginiaShow map of the United StatesLocation415 N. Braddock StreetWinchester, VirginiaCoordinates39°11′23″N 78°9′58″W / 39.18972°N 78.16611°W / 39.18972; -78.16611Built1861Architectural styleG...

Thamaraikulam Pathi

This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (February 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Part of a series onAyyavazhi Theology Ekam Vethan Thirumal Sivan Vaikundar The Trinity Scriptures Akilathirattu Ammanai Akilam one Akilam two Akilam three Akilam four Akilam five Akilam six Akilam seven Akilam eight Aki...

Stadio Druso

Football stadium in Bolzano, Italy Stadio DrusoLocationBolzano, ItalyCapacity5,539ConstructionBuilt1930Renovated2019–2022TenantsF.C. Bolzano 1996 (1931–2015)F.C. Südtirol (2000–present) Stadio Druso (German: Drusus-Stadion) is an arena in Bolzano, Italy. It is primarily used for football, and is the home to F.C. Südtirol and (until 2015) to F.C. Bolzano 1996. History The stadium opened in 1930 with a single grandstand in rationalist style. In 1960 a second grandstand was built on a pr...

Le Mozart des pickpockets

2006 French filmLe Mozart des PickpocketsFilm posterDirected byPhilippe Pollet-VillardWritten byPhilippe Pollet-VillardProduced byAntoine GandaubertFabrice GoldsteinAntoine ReinStarringMatteo Razzouki-SafardiPhilippe Pollet-VillardCinematographyPhilippe PiffeteauEdited byCyril NakacheRelease date 14 May 2006 (2006-05-14) Running time31 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench Le Mozart des pickpockets (also known as The Mozart of Pickpockets) is a 2006 French short film. Written and ...

中華民國國軍中的中共間諜列表

本表是動態列表，或許永遠不會完結。歡迎您參考可靠來源來查漏補缺。潛伏於中華民國國軍中的中共間諜列表收錄根據公開資料來源，曾潛伏於中華民國國軍、被中國共產黨聲稱或承認，或者遭中華民國政府調查審判，為中華人民共和國和中國人民解放軍進行間諜行為的人物。以下列表以現今可查知時間為準，正確的間諜活動或洩漏機密時間可能早於或晚於以下所歸�...

Penindasan terhadap orang Kristen

Halaman ini berisi artikel tentang tindakan yang dilakukan terhadap umat Kristen karena iman mereka. Untuk sikap negatif terhadap kaum Kristen, lihat sentimen anti-Kristen. Lukisan Dirke Kristen karya Henryk Siemiradzki, 1897, koleksi Museum Nasional, Warsawa. Seorang wanita Kristen mati sebagai martir di bawah pemerintahan Nero ketika mitos Dirke diberlakukan kembali. Penganiayaan terhadap umat Kristen, atau penindasan terhadap umat Kristiani, dapat ditelusuri secara historis berdasarkan lap...

Booker Prize

British literary award established in 1969 For the related prize given for a book translated to English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland, see International Booker Prize. AwardThe Booker PrizeAwarded forBest work of sustained fiction of the year, written in English and published in the UK or IrelandLocationSomerset House, Strand, London, EnglandCountryUnited Kingdom Presented byBooker, McConnell Ltd (1969–2001)Man Group (2002–2019)Crankstart (2019 onwards)Reward(s)£50,0...

Yukon, Oklahoma

City in Oklahoma, United StatesYukon, OklahomaCityYukon's Best Flour mill, located on U.S. Route 66Location of Yukon, OklahomaCoordinates: 35°31′12″N 97°45′50″W / 35.52000°N 97.76389°W / 35.52000; -97.76389CountryUnited StatesStateOklahomaCountyCanadianGovernment • TypeCouncil-Manager Government • MayorBrian Pillmore (as of 2024)[1]Area[2] • Total26.60 sq mi (68.89 km2) • Land26...

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui

Belgian dancer and choreographer Sidi Larbi CherkaouiSidi Larbi Cherkaoui in 2009Born (1976-03-10) 10 March 1976 (age 48)Antwerp, BelgiumOccupation(s)Choreographer, dancer, director Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (born 1976) is a Belgian dancer and choreographer and director. He has made over 50 choreographic pieces and received two Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production, three Ballet Tanz awards for best choreographer (2008, 2011, 2017), the KAIROS Prize (2009)[1] and the E...