Background
Anthony Martin Branch was born on July 16, 1823, in Buckingham County, Virginia, United States. He was one of ten children of Winnifred Guerrant and Samuel Branch III.
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80 College Rd, Hampden Sydney, VA 23943, United States
Anthony Branch graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1842.
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80 College Rd, Hampden Sydney, VA 23943, United States
Anthony Branch graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1842.
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Anthony Branch graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1842.
Career
Anthony Martin Branch moved to Huntsville, Texas, in 1847, where he practiced law with Henderson Yoakum and became a good friend of Sam Houston (Branch was the executor of Houston's will.) A unionist Democrat, he was elected district attorney for the Seventh Judicial District in 1850.
He served in the Texas House in 1859 and in the state Senate in 1861. He resigned from the Senate when the war began, and he joined the Confederate provisional army where he was made captain of the 21 st Texas Cavalry. In August 1863, he was elected from the Third District of Texas to the second Confederate House, where he served for the rest of the war.
When the Richmond government surrendered Branch returned to Texas. After the war, the federal authorities denied him the seat in the United Sates House to which he had been elected in 1866. He subsequently practiced law in Huntsville, Texas.
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Politics
Branch, a member of the Committees on Elections, Military Affairs, and Territories and Public Lands, assisted in transporting trans-Mississippi cotton to the ports for shipment to Europe. He was a staunch defender of the Davis administration.
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Branch was an uncompromising exponent of states' rights. As such he fought to keep Texas troops in Texas and opposed Confederate interference with the Texas economy.
Connections
On March 18, 1849, Anthony Branch married Amanda Melvina Smith.
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Born
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Died
October 3, 1867 (aged 44) -
Resting place
Oakwood Cemetery Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, United States -
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Democratic party
Education
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1842
Career
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1859 - 1861
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1861 - 1861