1834 - 1884
Henry M. Mathews Attorney
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| Birthday |
29th March, 1834
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| Birthplace |
Greenbrier County, West Virginia
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| Died |
28th April, 1884
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| Place of Death |
Lewisburg, West Virginia
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| Buried |
Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aries
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| Occupation |
Attorney
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Henry Mason Mathews (March 29, 1834 – April 28, 1884) was an American military officer, lawyer, and politician in the U.S. State of West Virginia. Mathews served as 7th Attorney General of West Virginia (1873–1877) and 5th Governor of West Virginia (1877–1881), being the first former Confederate elected to a governorship in the United States. Born into a Virginia political family, Mathews practiced law before the outbreak of the American Civil War. When Virginia seceded from the United States in 1861, he volunteered for the Confederate States Army, where he served in the western theater as a major of artillery. Following the war, Mathews was elected to the West Virginia Senate, but denied the seat due to state restrictions for former Confederates. He participated in the 1872 state constitutional convention that overturned these restrictions, and was thereafter elected attorney general of West Virginia. After one term, he was elected governor of West Virginia.
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