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| Affiliation | Conservative |
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| Name | Elliott M. Braxton |
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, Virginia , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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October 08, 1823
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| Died | October 02, 1891
(67 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | BRAXTON, Elliott Muse, (great-grandson of Carter Braxton), a Representative from Virginia; born in Matthews, Matthews County, Va., October 8, 1823; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced practice in Richmond, Va.; subsequently moved to Richmond County; member of the State senate 1852-1856; moved to Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, in 1860 and continued the practice of law; during the Civil War raised a company for the Confederate Army and was elected its captain; subsequently commissioned a major and served on the staff of Gen. John R. Cooke; elected a member of the common council of Fredericksburg in 1866; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress; resumed the practice of law in Fredericksburg, Va., where he died on October 2, 1891; interment in Confederate Cemetery.
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