Background
Caleb Claiborne Herbert was born in 1814 in Goochland County, Virginia, United States. He was the son of Nathaniel and Clarissa Jones Herbert. Little is known of his early life or his education.
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Caleb Claiborne Herbert
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Caleb Herbert was a farmer who lived in Eagle Lake, Colorado County, Texas, he represented the Columbus District in the Texas Senate from 1857 to 1860.
Herbert represented the Second Congressional District of Texas in the first and second Confederate House of Representatives, where more than half of his votes were cast against administration-sponsored measures. He served on the Committee on Ordnance and Ordnance Stores during his first term and on the Claims and Commerce Committees during his second. In the second Confederate House, Herbert was also a member of the special committee to investigate patient treatment at Stewart Hospital.
In May 1863, he was a member of a House committee to investigate Confederate prisons, and he subscribed to the minority view that the punishment of Union prisoners at Castle Thunder in Richmond was cruel and degrading.
After the war, Herbert was denied the seat to which he had been elected in 1865 in the Texas House.
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Politics
Herbert was a member of the Democratic party. He was a secessionist. Caleb was an ardent supporter of states' rights.
Views
Caleb quarreled with other members of the Texas congressional delegation over the conscript law, which he so detested that he declared publicly that the state should secede from the Confederacy.
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July 5, 1867 (aged 53) -
Resting place
Reels Bend Cemetery Colorado County, Texas, United States -
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United States -
Political Party
Democratic party
Career
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1857 - 1859
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1862 - 1865