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Allen T. Caperton

Allen Caperton
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United States Senator
from West Virginia
In office
March 4, 1875 – July 26, 1876
Preceded by Arthur Boreman
Succeeded by Samuel Price
Confederate States Senator
from Virginia
In office
January 22, 1864 – May 10, 1865
Preceded by William B. Preston
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Monroe County
In office
December 7, 1857 – December 2, 1861
Preceded by Alexander Clarke
Succeeded by Wilson Lively
In office
December 6, 1841 – December 5, 1842
Preceded by Augustus A. Chapman
Succeeded by William Adair
Personal details
Born Allen Taylor Caperton
(1810-11-21)November 21, 1810
Union, Virginia, U.S.
(now West Virginia)
Died July 26, 1876(1876-07-26) (aged 65)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party Democratic
Alma mater University of Virginia
Yale University

Allen Taylor Caperton (November 21, 1810 – July 26, 1876) was an American politician who was a United States Senator from the State of West Virginia in 1875–1876. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He had served in the Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia State Senate before the American Civil War. During the Civil War, he served as a Confederate States Senator.

Caperton, son of Hugh Caperton and Jane Erskine, was born near Union, Monroe County, West Virginia (now West Virginia) on November 21, 1810. At the age of 14, he traveled by horseback to Huntsville, Alabama, to attend school. He later graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, then graduated from Yale College in 1832. He studied law in Staunton, Virginia, was admitted to the bar and practiced law. He was married to Harriett Echols.

Caperton served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1841-1842. He was elected a member of the Virginia Senate in 1844, and served until 1848. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates again from 1857 to 1861. In 1850 he was a delegate to the State constitutional convention. In 1861, he was a member of the Virginia Secession Convention.


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