Thomas Lanier Clingman
Confederate Army general and politician
Died when: 85 years 99 days (1023 months)Star Sign: Leo
Thomas Lanier Clingman (July 27, 1812 – November 3, 1897), known as the "Prince of Politicians," was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and from 1847 to 1858, and U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1858 and 1861.
During the Civil War he refused to resign his Senate seat and was one of ten senators expelled from the Senate in absentia.
He then served as a general in the Confederate States Army.
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