Background
Wigfall, Louis Tresevant was born on April 21, 1816 in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States. Son of Levi Durand and Eliza (Thompson) Wigfall.
Wigfall, Louis Tresevant was born on April 21, 1816 in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States. Son of Levi Durand and Eliza (Thompson) Wigfall.
Graduate South Carolina. College (now University of Southern California), 1837.
Admitted to Virginia bar, 1839. Member Texas House of Representatives, 1849-1850, Texas Senate, 1857-1859. Member United States Senate from Texas, 1859-1861.
An author of Southern Address (urging secession and organization of Confederacy), signed December 14, 1860.
Appointed colonel 21st Texas Infantry, Confederate States Army, 1861, promoted brigadier general, 1861. Represented Texas in Confederate Senate, 1862-1865, leader congressional opposition to President Jefferson Davis, favored separation of chief executive and chief military powers (resulted in appointment of Robert East. Lee as general-in-chief Confederate armies).
Member Texas House of Representatives, 1849-1850, Texas Senate, 1857-1859. Member United States Senate from Texas, 1859-1861.
Married Charlotte Maria Cross, 1844, 5 children.