Life span: 04/21/1816 to 02/18/1874TabsLife SummaryFull name: Louis Trezevant WigfallPlace of Birth: Edgefield, SC Burial Place: Galveston, TXBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: SouthOrigins: Slave StateEducation: University of VirginiaUniversity of South CarolinaOccupation: PoliticianAttorney or JudgePolitical Parties: DemocraticOther Affiliations: Fire-Eaters (Secessionists)Government: Confederate government (1861-65)US SenateState legislatureMilitary: US military (Pre-Civil War)Confederate Army Note Cards Louis Trezevant Wigfall (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceWIGFALL, Louis Trezevant, a Senator from Texas; was born near Edgefield, Edgefield District, S.C., April 21, 1816; pursued classical studies; attended the University of Virginia and graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1837; served as a lieutenant of Volunteers in the Seminole War in Florida in 1835; attended the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced practice in Edgefield, S.C.; moved to Marshall, Tex., in 1848; member, State house of representatives 1849-1850; member, State senate 1857-1860; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. Pinckney Henderson and served from December 5, 1859, until March 23, 1861, when he withdrew; expelled from the Senate in 1861 for support of the rebellion; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; represented the State of Texas in the Confederate Congress; after the war moved to London, England; returned to the United States in 1873 and settled in Baltimore, Md.; died in Galveston, Tex., February 18, 1874; interment in the Episcopal Cemetery."Wigfall, Louis Trezevant," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000447. Events Date span begin Life span End Event 06/05/1863 06/05/1863 General J.E.B. Stuart parades his entire cavalry force at a second "Grand Review" in Virginia 05/05/1865 05/05/1865 Fleeing Confederate President Jefferson Davis arrives with his cabinet and family in Washington, Georgia Major TopicsThirty-Seventh Congress of the United StatesSecession Documents Subject Docs Date Title 07/17/1860 New York Times, “The Fears of Mr. Wigfall,” July 17, 1860 11/15/1860 Varina Anne Banks Howell Davis to Jefferson Finis Davis, November 15, 1860 Images Louis Trezevant Wigfall Louis Trezevant Wigfall, detail Bibliography Chicago Style Entry Link Walther, Eric H. The Fire-Eaters. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1992. View Record King, Alvy. Louis T. Wigfall: Southern Fire-Eater. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1970. View Record
Louis Trezevant Wigfall (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceWIGFALL, Louis Trezevant, a Senator from Texas; was born near Edgefield, Edgefield District, S.C., April 21, 1816; pursued classical studies; attended the University of Virginia and graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1837; served as a lieutenant of Volunteers in the Seminole War in Florida in 1835; attended the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced practice in Edgefield, S.C.; moved to Marshall, Tex., in 1848; member, State house of representatives 1849-1850; member, State senate 1857-1860; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. Pinckney Henderson and served from December 5, 1859, until March 23, 1861, when he withdrew; expelled from the Senate in 1861 for support of the rebellion; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; represented the State of Texas in the Confederate Congress; after the war moved to London, England; returned to the United States in 1873 and settled in Baltimore, Md.; died in Galveston, Tex., February 18, 1874; interment in the Episcopal Cemetery."Wigfall, Louis Trezevant," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000447.
