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Matt Whitaker Ransom

Matt Whitaker Ransom
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President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate
In office
January 7, 1895 – January 10, 1895
Preceded by Isham G. Harris
Succeeded by Isham G. Harris
United States Senator
from North Carolina
In office
January 30, 1872 – March 4, 1895
Preceded by Joseph Carter Abbott
Succeeded by Marion Butler
United States Minister to Mexico
In office
1895–1897
Preceded by Isaac P. Gray
Succeeded by Powell Clayton
Attorney General of North Carolina
In office
1853–1855
Preceded by William Eaton, Jr.
Succeeded by Joseph B. Batchelor
Personal details
Born (1826-10-08)October 8, 1826
Warren County, North Carolina
Died October 8, 1904(1904-10-08) (aged 78)
Garysburg, North Carolina
Military service
Allegiance  Confederate States of America
Service/branch  Confederate States Army
Years of service 1861 – 1865
Rank Confederate States of America General.png Brigadier General
Unit 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment
Commands 35th North Carolina Infantry
Ransom's Brigade
Battles/wars American Civil War

Matt Whitaker Ransom (October 8, 1826 – October 8, 1904) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1872 and 1895.

Matt Ransom was born in Warren County, North Carolina to Robert and Priscilla Whitaker Ransom. He was the elder brother of General Robert Ransom and a cousin to fellow Confederate officer Wharton J. Green, who served as a U. S. Congressman after the Civil War. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1847, where he was a member of the Philanthropic Society. After serving as North Carolina Attorney General and as a member of the North Carolina General Assembly, he was chosen as one of the three commissioners from North Carolina to the Confederate government at Montgomery, Alabama in 1861.

Ransom was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment and later Colonel of the 35th North Carolina Infantry. This regiment was part of his brother Robert's brigade, which Matt later commanded. Ransom was promoted to Brigadier General June 13, 1863. Ransom saw action in the battles of Seven Pines, the Seven Days Battles, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Plymouth, Weldon, Suffolk and the siege of Petersburg. He was wounded three times during the Civil War and finally surrendered at Appomattox.


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