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1 Biography  



1.1  Congress  





1.2  Confederate Congress  





1.3  Return to U.S. Congress  





1.4  Death and burial  







2 Personal life  





3 References  














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Otho Singleton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Mississippi's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855
In office
March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861
In office
March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1887
Personal details
Born

Otho Robards Singleton


October 14, 1814 (1814-10-14)
Nicholasville, Kentucky, United States
DiedJanuary 11, 1889 (1889-01-12) (aged 74)
Washington, D.C.
Political partyDemocratic
ProfessionAttorney, politician

Otho Robards Singleton (October 14, 1814 – January 11, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.

Biography

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Born near Nicholasville, Kentucky, he was the son of Lewis Singleton, a hemp manufacturer who owned a factory near Keene, Kentucky.[1] Lewis's father, and Otho's grandfather, was Louis Singleton, a Jessamine County sheriff and Kentucky state senator.[2]

Singleton attended the common schools. He graduated from St. Joseph's College, Bardstown, Kentucky, and from the law department of the University of Lexington. He was admitted to the bar in 1838 and commenced practice in Canton, Mississippi. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1846 and 1847. He served in the State senate 1848–1854.

Congress

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Singleton was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection.

Singleton was elected to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1857, until January 12, 1861, when he withdrew.

Confederate Congress

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He served as a representative from Mississippi in the First Confederate Congress and Second Confederate Congress from 1861 to 1865.

Return to U.S. Congress

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Singleton was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1887). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1886.

Death and burial

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He died in Washington, D.C., January 11, 1889. He was interred in Canton Cemetery, Canton, Mississippi.

Personal life

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Singleton married; his wife predeceased him.[3] His son, Dr. Richard H. Singleton (born May 9, 1844) was a prominent doctor in Louisville, Kentucky, and a member of the Indiana, Kentucky, and Mississippi medical societies.[2] His daughter, Kate, married Junius M. Smith and lived in North Carolina.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Young, Bennett Henderson (1898). A History of Jessamine County, Kentucky: From Its Earliest Settlement to 1898. Courier-journal job printing Company. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-598-98878-2.
  • ^ a b The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century. J. M. Armstrong. 1878. p. 631.
  • ^ "1380 Otho Singleton 2". The Clarion-Ledger. 1889-01-17. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  • ^ History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (1905). Annual Report of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Department of Archives and History. p. 20.
  • ^ Society, Mississippi Historical (1902). Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society. The Society. p. 258.
  • U.S. House of Representatives
    Preceded by

    John D. Freeman

    Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from Mississippi's 3rd congressional district

    1853–1855
    Succeeded by

    William Barksdale

    Preceded by

    William A. Lake

    Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from Mississippi's 4th congressional district

    1857–1861
    Succeeded by

    George C. McKee

    Preceded by

    Jason Niles

    Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from Mississippi's 4th congressional district

    1875–1883
    Succeeded by

    Hernando D. Money

    Preceded by

    Charles E. Hooker

    Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from Mississippi's 5th congressional district

    1883–1887
    Succeeded by

    Chapman L. Anderson


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