Henry Washington Hilliard
| Henry Washington Hilliard | |
|---|---|
Circa 1892
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| Born |
August 4, 1808 Fayetteville, North Carolina |
| Died | December 17, 1892 (aged 84) Atlanta, Georgia |
| Buried at | Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama |
| Allegiance |
 Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1861–1862 |
| Rank |
 Brigadier General (CSA) |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Henry Washington Hilliard (August 4, 1808 – December 17, 1892) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Hilliard was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina and graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1826. While at South Carolina College, he was active in the Euphradian Society. He studied law and moved to Athens, Georgia, where he was admitted to the bar in 1829. He was a professor at the University of Alabama from 1831 to 1834, when he resigned to practice law in Montgomery, Alabama.
He served as member of the state house of representatives in 1836–1838, as member of the Whig National Convention at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1839, Whig presidential elector in 1840 and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Twenty-seventh Congress in 1840. He was chargé d'affaires to Belgium from May 12, 1842, to August 12, 1844. Hilliard was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, and Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851) but he was not a candidate for renomination in 1850.
In 1856, he served as presidential elector on the National American ticket.
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