William Barksdale (Congressional Biographical Directory)
Reference
"Barksdale, William," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000147.
BARKSDALE, William, (brother of Ethelbert Barksdale), a Representative from Mississippi; born in Rutherford County, Tenn., August 21, 1821; attended the University of Nashville; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced practice in Columbus, Lowndes County, Miss.; for a time was editor of the Columbus Democrat; served in the Mexican War as quartermaster of the Mississippi Volunteers; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in 1852; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4,
Alonzo Jacob Ransier, detail
Scanned by
Library of Congress
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, February 17, 2009.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Original caption
Alonzo Jacob Ransier, Afro-American congressman, three-quarter length portrait, seated by small table, facing right.
Source citation
Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress
Source note
Alonzo Jacob Ransier
Scanned by
Library of Congress
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, February 17, 2009.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Original caption
Alonzo Jacob Ransier, Afro-American congressman, three-quarter length portrait, seated by small table, facing right.
Source citation
Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress
Source note
detail size only