Shaw, Henry Marchmore

Life Span
to
Full name
Henry Marchmore Shaw
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Free State
Family
John Allen Shaw (father), Betty Marchmore Shaw (mother)
Education
University of Pennsylvania
Occupation
Politician
Military
Doctor, Dentist or Nurse
Political Parties
Democratic
Government
US House of Representatives
Military
Confederate Army

Henry Marchmore Shaw (Congressional Biographical Dictionary)

Reference
SHAW, Henry Marchmore, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Newport, R.I., November 20, 1819; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1838 and began practice in Indiantown, Camden County, N.C.; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Thirty-fourth Congress; elected to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Thirty-sixth Congress; served as a colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and was killed near New Bern, N.C., November 1, 1864; interment in the cemetery at Shawboro, Currituck County, N.C.
“Shaw, Henry Marchmore,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000308.
How to Cite This Page: "Shaw, Henry Marchmore," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/12506.