Alfred Dockery

Alfred Dockery (December 11, 1797 - December 7, 1875) was an American Congressional Representative serving both Tennessee and North Carolina. He was also a Confederate States Army Militia General in Tennessee during the American Civil War.

Early life and career

Alfred Dockery was born near Rockingham, North Carolina.Eicher, p. 211.] He attended the public schools and engaged in planting. Dockery was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons in 1822. He was also the father of Oliver Hart Dockery, who was born in 1830. Dockery was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1835, and afterwards served in the North Carolina State Senate from 1836 to 1844.

Dockery then moved to Tennessee and was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847). He declined to be a candidate for re-election in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress, but was elected to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853). He was the unsuccessful Whig candidate for Governor of North Carolina in 1854 [NC Governor Race 1854] and the unsuccessful National Union (Republican) candidate for Governor in 1866. [NC Governor Race 1866]

Civil War service and later life

With the outbreak of the American Civil War, Dockery served as a brigadier general of the Tennessee State Militia in 1861. After the war he retired from public service and returned to being a planter for his remaining years.

Dockery died in Rockingham, Richmond County, N.C. and was interred there in the family cemetery.

See also

* Twenty-ninth United States Congress
* Thirty-second United States Congress
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000385 U.S. Congressional Biographical Directory]

References

* Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., "Civil War High Commands", Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
* [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=60610 NC Governor Race 1854]
* [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=60126 NC Governor Race 1866]

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