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Clement Vallandigham

Clement Vallandigham
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 3rd district
In office
May 25, 1858 – March 3, 1863
Preceded by Lewis D. Campbell
Succeeded by Robert C. Schenck
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the Columbiana County district
In office
December 1, 1845 – December 5, 1847
Serving with Joseph F. Williams
Preceded by Robert Filson
Succeeded by James Patton
Joseph F. Williams
Personal details
Born Clement Laird Vallandigham
July 29, 1820
New Lisbon, Ohio
Died June 17, 1871(1871-06-17) (aged 57)
Lebanon, Ohio
Resting place Woodland Cemetery
Political party Democratic
Alma mater Jefferson College

Clement Laird Vallandigham (pronunciation: /vəˈlændɡəm/; July 29, 1820 – June 17, 1871) was an Ohio politician and leader of the Copperhead faction of anti-war Democrats during the American Civil War. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives. In 1863 he was convicted at an Army court martial of opposing the war, and exiled to the Confederacy. He ran for governor of Ohio in 1863 from exile in Canada, but was defeated.

Clement Laird Vallandigham was born July 29, 1820 in New Lisbon, Ohio (now Lisbon, Ohio), to Clement and Rebecca Laird Vallandigham. His father, a Presbyterian minister, educated young Clement at home.

Vallandigham had a dispute with the college president and was honorably dismissed in 1841 from Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. He never received a diploma.

Edwin M. Stanton, the future Secretary of War under President Lincoln, and Vallandigham were close friends before the Civil War. Stanton lent Vallandigham $500 for a course and to begin a law practice. Both Vallandigham and Stanton were Democrats, but had opposing views of slavery.

Shortly after beginning to practice law in Dayton, Vallandigham entered politics. He was elected as a Democrat to the Ohio legislature in 1845 and 1846, and served as editor of a weekly newspaper, the Dayton Empire, from 1847 until 1849.


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