Life span: 03/07/1831 to 01/12/1898TabsLife SummaryFull name: John BrattonPlace of Birth: Winnsboro, SCBurial Place: Winnsboro, SCBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: SouthOrigins: Slave StateEducation: University of South CarolinaOtherOther Education: South Carolina Medical College, Charleston, SCOccupation: PoliticianFarmer or PlanterDoctor, Dentist or NurseChurch or Religious Denomination: EpiscopalianPolitical Parties: DemocraticGovernment: US House of RepresentativesState legislatureMilitary: Confederate Army Note Cards John Bratton (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceBRATTON, John, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Winnsboro, Fairfield County, S.C., March 7, 1831; attended the Academy of Mount Zion Institute in Winnsboro; was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1850 and from South Carolina Medical College at Charleston in 1853; engaged in the practice of medicine in Winnsboro from 1853 to 1861; also engaged as a planter; volunteered in the Confederate Army as a private and served throughout the Civil War, attaining the rank of brigadier general; member of the State constitutional convention in 1865; served in the State senate in 1866; chairman of the South Carolina delegation in the Democratic National Convention in 1876; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880; elected comptroller general of South Carolina by the legislature, to fill a vacancy, in 1881; elected to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John H. Evins and served from December 8, 1884, to March 3, 1885; was not a candidate for renomination in 1884; retired from active politics and again engaged in planting at “Farmington,” near Winnsboro; died in Winnsboro, S.C., January 12, 1898; interment in the Episcopal Cemetery."Bratton, John," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000772. Events Date span begin Life span End Event 09/29/1864 09/30/1864 In Virginia, Union attacks at Chaffin's Farm tighten the ring around Petersburg Documents Images John Bratton John Bratton, detail Bibliography Chicago Style Entry Link Austin, J. Luke, ed. General John Bratton: Sumter to Appomattox, in Letters to His Wife. Sewanee, TN: Proctor’s Hall Press, 2003. View Record
John Bratton (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceBRATTON, John, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Winnsboro, Fairfield County, S.C., March 7, 1831; attended the Academy of Mount Zion Institute in Winnsboro; was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1850 and from South Carolina Medical College at Charleston in 1853; engaged in the practice of medicine in Winnsboro from 1853 to 1861; also engaged as a planter; volunteered in the Confederate Army as a private and served throughout the Civil War, attaining the rank of brigadier general; member of the State constitutional convention in 1865; served in the State senate in 1866; chairman of the South Carolina delegation in the Democratic National Convention in 1876; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880; elected comptroller general of South Carolina by the legislature, to fill a vacancy, in 1881; elected to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John H. Evins and served from December 8, 1884, to March 3, 1885; was not a candidate for renomination in 1884; retired from active politics and again engaged in planting at “Farmington,” near Winnsboro; died in Winnsboro, S.C., January 12, 1898; interment in the Episcopal Cemetery."Bratton, John," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000772.
