Philemon T. Herbert

Philemon T. Herbert

Philemon Thomas Herbert (November 1 1825 - July 23 1864) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from California. He represented the California Second District in the 34th Congress (1855-1857). He previously served two terms in the California State Assembly, representing Mariposa County. Herbert, originally from Alabama, was a combative "Southern gentleman". In 1856, he got into a quarrel with the Irish headwaiter at Willard's Hotel in Washington, and shot and killed him. He was acquitted of manslaughter by a sympathetic jury, but abandoned his Congressional career.

In 1859, he moved to El Paso, Texas, where he practiced law. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, he joined the Confederate Army. He rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and commanded the Seventh Texas Cavalry Regiment. He was wounded at the Battle of Mansfield on April 8 1864, and died of his wounds in July.

References

*Congressional Biographical Directory
*"The New York Times", July 14, 1856.

External links

CongBio|H000526 Retrieved on 2008-02-13


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