Career
He represented the state"s 3rd district in the United States. Congress from 1891 to 1895. United States Congressman and author Born near Sarecta, Duplin County, North Carolina, October 10, 1831.
He was teaching mathematics and natural sciences at Austin College in Texas when the Civil War began.
He left to join the Confederate Army, serving in Company K, 25th Regiment of the Texas Cavalry. In 1891, he was elected for two terms as a United States Representative from North Carolina 3rd District.
He was Superintendent of Schools, Duplin Company, North Carolina In 1899, he published the book "The Case of the South Against the North," which uses historical evidence to justify the South"s war against the North on the basis of constitutional principles. He died in Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina, March 6, 1914.
