1816 - 1874
Louis Wigfall American Activist
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Louis Wigfall was born on this day 57 years ago
Born 21st April, 1816.
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Details
| Birthday |
21st April, 1816
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| Birthplace |
Edgefield, South Carolina
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| Died |
18th February, 1874
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| Place of Death |
Galveston, Texas, U.S.
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| Buried |
Trinity Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA
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| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Activist
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Louis Trezevant Wigfall (April 21, 1816 – February 18, 1874) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Texas from 1862 to 1865. He was among a group of leading secessionists known as Fire-Eaters, advocating the preservation and expansion of an aristocratic agricultural society based on slave labor. He briefly served as a Confederate Brigadier General of the Texas Brigade at the outset of the American Civil War before taking his seat in the Confederate Senate. Wigfall's reputation for oratory and hard-drinking, along with a combative nature and high-minded sense of personal honor, made him one of the more imposing political figures of his time.