Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Vol. I. Boston, MA, USA: The Biographical Society, 1904
BARRY,
William Taylor Sullivan,
representative, was born at Columbus, Miss., Dec. 12, 1821. He was graduated at
Yale in 1841; studied law, and engaged in practice in Columbus. He was a
representative in the state legislature, 1849-51, and speaker of the house in
1855; was elected a representative in the 33d congress from Sunflower county,
and was a delegate to the Democratic national convention in 1860, withdrawing
with other slave-holding members. He was president of the state secession
convention in 1861; a member of the confederate provisional congress from
February, 1861, to January, 1862, and became colonel of
the 35th Mississippi volunteers in
1862. He took part in the defence (sic) of Vicksburg and in the Georgia
campaign, and was captured at Mobile, April 25, 1865. He died at Columbus,
Miss., Jan. 29, 1868.
Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Vol. I. Boston, MA, USA: The Biographical Society, 1904
BROWN,
Albert Gallatin,
statesman, was born in Chester district, S.C., May 31, 1813. He removed with
his parents
to Mississippi, where he received an academic education. He was admitted to the
bar in 1834, in 1835 was elected a member of the state house of
representatives, and was returned to that body by successive election until
1839, when, having been elected a representative in the 26th Congress, he took
his seat in that body. During the years 1841-'43 he was judge of the circuit
superior court. In 1843 he was elected
governor of Mississippi, and
held the office by continuous re-election for five years. In 1848 he was
elected as representative in the 31st Congress, and was re-elected to the 32d
and 33d congresses. In 1853 he was elected to the United States senate. He was
chairman of the committee on the District of Columbia in the 35th Congress, and
a member of the committee on Indian affairs and that on enrolled bills. He was
re-elected in 1859, but served only until the breaking out of the civil war,
when he was expelled and entered the Confederate army, where he was given the
rank of captain, and in 1862 was elected a Confederate states senator, serving
in the 1st and 2d congresses. His speeches were collected and published in
1859. He died at Jacksonville, Miss., June 12, 1880.
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