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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—AlabamaThomas Hord HERNDON
(1828-1883)
HERNDON, Thomas Hord, a
Representative from Alabama; born in Erie, Greene (now Hale)
County, Ala., July 1, 1828; attended a private school; was
graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1847;
attended the law school of Harvard University in 1848; was admitted
to the bar in 1849 and commenced practice in Eutaw, Ala.; editor of
the Eutaw Democrat in 1850; moved to Mobile, Ala., in 1853 and
resumed the practice of law; member of the State house of
representatives in 1857 and 1858; trustee of the University of
Alabama in 1858 and 1859; returned to Greene County in 1859; member
of the State secession convention in 1861; during the Civil War
served as major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel of the
Thirty-sixth Regiment, Alabama Infantry, in the Confederate Army
and was wounded twice in battle; again moved to Mobile and resumed
the practice of his profession; unsuccessful Democratic candidate
for Governor of Alabama in 1872; member of the State constitutional
convention which met September 6, 1875; member of the State house
of representatives in 1876 and 1877; elected as a Democrat to the
Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth Congresses and served
from March 4, 1879, until his death in Mobile, Ala., March 28,
1883, before the convening of the Forty-eighth Congress; interment
in Magnolia Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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