Life span: 04/20/1825 to 06/24/1902TabsLife SummaryFull name: Charles Debrille PostonPlace of Birth: Elizabethtown, KYBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteNo. of Spouses: 2No. of Children: 1Family: Temple Poston (father), Judith Debrille Poston (mother), Margaret Haycraft (wife - died 1884), Martha Tucker (second wife)Occupation: PoliticianDiplomatBusinessmanJournalistWriter or ArtistRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderOther Religion: ZoroastrianismPolitical Parties: RepublicanGovernment: Lincoln Administration (1861-65)DiplomatUS House of RepresentativesOther state governmentLocal government Events Major TopicsThirty-Eighth Congress of the United States Documents Images Charles Debrille Poston, circa 1864 Charles Debrille Poston, circa 1864, detail Bibliography