Giddings, DeWitt Clinton

Life Span
to
    Full name
    Dewitt Clinton Giddings
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    South
    Origins
    Free State
    No. of Siblings
    5
    No. of Spouses
    1
    No. of Children
    5
    Family
    James Giddings (father), Lucy Demming Giddings (mother), Malinda C. Lusk (wife)
    Occupation
    Politician
    Military
    Attorney or Judge
    Businessman
    Political Parties
    Democratic
    Government
    US House of Representatives
    State legislature
    Military
    Confederate Army

    DeWitt Clinton Giddings (Congressional Biographical Directory)

    Reference
    GIDDINGS, De Witt Clinton, a Representative from Texas; born in Susquehanna County, Pa., July 18, 1827; pursued an academic course; studied law in Honesdale, Pa.; was admitted to the bar in Texas in 1852 and commenced practice in Brenham, Tex.; served in the Confederate Army throughout the Civil War; member of the State constitutional convention in 1866; successfully contested as a Democrat the election of William T. Clark to the Forty-second Congress; reelected to the Forty-third Congress and served from May 13, 1872, to March 3, 1875; again elected to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879); engaged in the banking business in Brenham, Tex.; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1884, 1888, and 1892; died in Brenham, Tex., on August 19, 1903; interment in Prairie Lea Cemetery.
    "Giddings, DeWitt Clinton," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000166.
    How to Cite This Page: "Giddings, DeWitt Clinton," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/12657.