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Charles Triplett O'Ferrall was born on October 21, 1840, in Brucetown, Virginia, the son of John and Jane Green (Lawrence) O'Ferrall.
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Charles Triplett O'Ferrall
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Education
In the autumn of 1868, Charles O'Ferrall entered the law class of Washington College, under the presidency of Robert E. Lee, and graduated in 1869.
Career
At the age of fifteen Charles O'Ferrall was appointed clerk pro tempore of the circuit court of Morgan County, Virginia. At seventeen he was elected clerk of the county court and held this position until the outbreak of the Civil War. When Virginia seceded, he followed her, in spite of the strong union sentiment in his county. Joining the 12th Virginia Cavalry, he rose rapidly to the rank of captain. With this organization he participated in the Valley campaign of 1862, in the second battle of Manassas, and in the cavalry engagements of June 1863 at Brandy Station, Aldie, and Upperville. He was severely wounded in the last engagement. Upon his recovery, he reentered the service in December 1863 as a major in a battalion that became part of the 23rd Virginia Cavalry, and he fought with this regiment in the Valley of Virginia until the end of the struggle, attaining finally the rank of acting colonel of cavalry.
Graduating from the law class of Washington College in 1869, he located at Harrisonburg, Virginia, and represented Rockingham County in the House of Delegates for two terms, 1871-72, and 1872-73.
From 1874 to 1880, he was judge of the county court of Rockingham County. In 1882 he was nominated for Congress by the Democrats, carried the contested election to Congress, where a Readjuster, John Paul, had obtained the seat, and, after a delayed contest in Congress, was allowed the seat. He served from May 5, 1884, to December 28, 1893, when he resigned.
As a member of the committee of commerce in 1886 he advocated the proposed interstate commerce act, yet condemned those "always ready to engage in idle clamor against railroad monopolies"; a strict constructionist, he favored federal aid for public education on the ground that the federal government, having freed the negroes, should assist in their education. In regard to the tariff and the silver issue, he supported the policies of President Cleveland and voted to repeal the Sherman Silver Act of 1800.
As governor of Virginia from 1894 to 1898, he made a determined effort to wipe out lynching, but not successfully.
Refusing to support Bryan in 1896 upon the silver platform and thereby losing favor with the dominant element in the Democratic party, at the expiration of his gubernatorial term he retired from public life, wrote his reminiscences, Forty Years of Active Service (1904), and practised law in Richmond until his death.
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As Governor of Virginia, O'Ferrall was highly praised for his response to the conflict with Maryland over commercial fishing in the Chesapeake Bay in 1894; deployment of militia to Alexandria to disperse a vagrant encampment known as “Coxey’s Army”; dispatching armed forces to protect nonstriking miners and maintaining peace during a miners' strike.
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Forty Years of Active Service: Being Some History of the War Between the Confederacy and the Union and of the Events Leading Up to It, With ... of Four Years From Private to Lieutenant-Col
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Forty Years of Active Service: Being Some History of the War Between the Confederacy and the Union and of the Events Leading Up to It, With ... of Four Years From Private to Lieutenant-Col
Membership
Charles O'Ferrall was a member of the Democratic party; a member of the House of Delegates (1871-1873); a member of Congress (1884-1893); and a member of the committee of commerce.
Connections
On February 8, 1865, Charles O'Ferrall was married to Annie E. Hand. They had two children. On Januery 12, 1881, he was married to his second wife, Jennie Knight. They had four children.
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Political Party
Democrat