U.S. Senator. Graduating from the University of Virginia, from Yale College, in 1832, he studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Staunton, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, (1841-42), a member of the Virginia State Senate, (1844-48) and a member of the Virginia State House of Delegates, (1857-61). During the Civil War, he served as a member of Confederate States Senate, until 1865. After the war, he was the first ex-Confederate official elected as a Democrat in 1875, to the United States Senate, serving until his death at age 65.
U.S. Senator. Graduating from the University of Virginia, from Yale College, in 1832, he studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Staunton, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, (1841-42), a member of the Virginia State Senate, (1844-48) and a member of the Virginia State House of Delegates, (1857-61). During the Civil War, he served as a member of Confederate States Senate, until 1865. After the war, he was the first ex-Confederate official elected as a Democrat in 1875, to the United States Senate, serving until his death at age 65.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
Family Members
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Hugh Elmwood Caperton
1781–1847
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Jane Erskine Caperton
1786–1831
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Harriet Echols Caperton
1815–1886
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Elizabeth Caperton Rude
1807–1862
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Lewis Erskine Caperton
1808–1874
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Margaret Melinda Caperton Beirne
1812–1844
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William Gaston Caperton
1815–1852
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John Alexander Caperton
1817–1900
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Hugh Elmwood Caperton
1821–1877
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Mary Jane Caperton Echols
1823–1874
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George Henry Caperton
1828–1895
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Mary Caperton Braxton
1838–1904
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Harriette Echols Caperton Gordon
1840–1906
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Malinda A. Caperton Patton
1842–1922
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Ella Caperton
1850–1883
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Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889
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1870 United States Federal Census
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Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940
Allen Taylor Caperton
Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850
Allen Taylor Caperton
New York, New York, U.S., Index to Death Certificates, 1862-1948
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