QUITMAN, JOHN ANTHONY

1798–1858, American general and politician, b. Rhinebeck, N.Y. He settled in Natchez, Miss., where he practiced law and held a series of political offices, serving in the state legislature and as acting governor (1835–36). As a brigadier general (promoted to major general in 1847) in the Mexican War, he distinguished himself at Monterrey, fought at Veracruz and Puebla, and led the assault on Chapultepec. He was governor of Mexico City during the American occupation (1847–48). On his return to Mississippi he became governor (1850–51), but resigned after indictment by the federal government for aiding a filibustering expedition to Cuba planned by Narciso López. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1855 until his death.

See J. F. H. Claiborne, The Life and Correspondence of John Anthony Quitman (1860).

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My Own Story: With Recollections of Noted Persons
Book by John Townsend Trowbridge; Houghton Mifflin, 1903
Subjects: Authors, American--19th century--Biography, Trowbridge, J. T--(John Townsend)--1827-1916
...Josiah, mayor of Boston, grandson of preceding, 160 . Quitman, The, Mississippi steamboat in 1865, 299 - 301 . RACHEL...254 . SABBATH-KEEPING sixty years ago, 26 - 28 . St. Anthony, Falls of, in 1853 and 1869, 201 . St. Nicholas, magazine...
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The South in the Building of the Nation
Book by J. A. C. Chandler, Franklin L. Riley, James Curtis Ballagh, John Bell Henneman, Edwin Mims, Thomas E. Watson, Samuel Chiles Mitchell, Walter L. Fleming, J. Walker McSpadden; Southern Historical Publication Society, 1909
Subjects: American Literature--Southern States, Southern States--Biography, Southern States--Economic Conditions, Southern States--History
...the West Virginia University. This position he still holds. He has written Christian Theism 1889 and 1899 . QUITMAN, JOHN ANTHONY, politician and soldier: b. Rhinebeck, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1799; d. Natchez, Miss., July 17, 1858...
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Love of Order: South Carolina's First Secession Crisis
Book by John Barnwell; University of North Carolina Press, 1982
Subjects: Secession--South Carolina, South Carolina--Politics And Government--1775-1865
...18 in Panola County the burly Quitman, goaded to rage by his elfish...the scuffle that ensued, but Quitman decided to withdraw from the tour...opponents by 28,402 to 21,241. John Anthony Quitman, "chagrined and disappointed...
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The Great Conspiracy: Its Origin and History
Book by John A. Logan; A. R. Hart & Co., 1886
Subjects: Slavery--United States, United States--Politics And Government--1861-1865
...failure of, 154 - 185 ; the Anthony, 155 - 157 ; Corwins...Confederate " . Pruyn, Rep. , John V. L., votes, 572...Isaac F., 326 , 327 . Quitman, General, 242 . R Red...642 , 643 . Reagan, John H., rebel postmaster...311 . 113 . Reynolds, John G., 323 . Reynolds Thos...
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Indian Fighters Turned American Politicians: From Military Service to Public Office
Book by Thomas G. Mitchell; Praeger, 2003
Subjects: Generals--United States--History, Indians Of North America--Wars, Political Culture--United States--History, Politicians--United States--History, Soldiers--United States--History, United States--Politics And Government
...Eisenhower, op. cit., pp. 332, 350. 59. Quitman, John Anthony (1798-1858), The Handbook of Texas Online...utexas.edu/handbook accessed in October 2002; Quitman, John Anthony, The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2001...
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Cuban Confederate Colonel: the Life of Ambrosio José Gonzales
Journal article by Miles S. Richards; South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 106, 2005
...United States and cultivated friendships with prominent southern political leaders, including John C. Calhoun, Jefferson Davis, and John Anthony Quitman. An especially intriguing episode, revealed in Cuban Confederate General, was Gonzaless...
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Southerners against Secession: The Arguments of the Constitutional Unionists in 1850-51
Journal article by James L. Huston; Civil War History, Vol. 46, 2000
Subjects: Abolitionists--Political activity, Secession--Demographic aspects, Territory, National--Politics and government, United States history--1783-1865
...History, 1933), 339-60; John Eddins Simpson, Howell Cobb...University Press, 1966), 71-81; John Witherspoon DuBose, The Life...University Press, 1995), 104-7; Anthony G. Carey, Parties, Slavery...works noted in note 1, see also John M. McCardell, The Idea of...
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The Limitations of Classroom Media: Ken Burns' Civil War Series as a Test Case
Journal article by Michael A. Morrison, Robert E. May; Journal of American Culture, Vol. 19, 1996
Subjects: American Civil War, Burns, Ken, Criticism, Documentary films, Educational materials, Television programs
...1850s, developed so ably in John McCardells book The Idea of...president) or Virginia planter John Hartwell Cocke than, say...settlement of Leavenworth (D. R. Anthony). Frequently, Republicans...point. Politicians supporting John C. Breckinridge, the southern...
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Directory of African-Appalachian Musicians
Journal article by Bob Eagle; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 24, 2004
Subjects: African American musicians--History, African American musicians--Performances, Sound recordings
...the Rev. Edward Clayborn, John Daniels, Evangelist Singers...Milton, A. B. Stanton, John Sykes, Arthur Tucker, and...Browns Temple AME (the Rev. Anthony Carter); Bethel AME Church...the Rev. Fred Houser); St. John AME Church (the Rev. Gloria...
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Isaac Long on One End of a Log: the Founder and the Founding of Batesville's Arkansas College
Journal article by Brooks Blevins; The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2002
Subjects: Arkansas College, Colleges & universities, History, Long, Isaac, Personal profiles
...up in such locales as Quitman, Jamestown (Independence...Simms but the Carolina of John C. Calhoun and Andrew...him into Little Rocks Anthony House, where he rested...heritage. His grandfather, John Welch, had arrived in...provisional board member John F. Allen. Due to the...
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New Members
Magazine article by Joanne Stolte; PSA Journal, Vol. 75, January 2009
Subjects: Photographers, Photographic Society of America--Membership
...Hirning * North Carolina John Tuckwood, Mint Hill...Susan Rossi, Whiting, John Sokol, PPSA Elaine...Stolte, APSA, EPSA Anthony Lauro, Easton * South Carolina John Albert, Saint Helena...Micky Masters Barnett, Quitman, Elena McTighe Ruth...
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Around the Nation
Magazine article by Laura Wolff Scanlan; Humanities, Vol. 32, September 2011
Subjects: Art galleries & museums, Books, Civil war, Coastal plains, Community theater, Convention centers, Councils, Fairs & exhibitions, Historians, Libraries, Musical performances, Reading programs, Tattoos
...16 and 17, and the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History...will also perform. Journalist John Burnett discusses "The War...on Oct. 16; and "Susan B. Anthony - The Invincible!" with Sally...6Oct. 19, and at the St. John Branch of the Whitman County...


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DuPage Collegians
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 18, 2004
...Leigh Hood, Christopher Quitman James, Besiana Liti, Marcie L. Lutch, John Douglass Martin, John...honors. Naperville: John C. Lhotka, bachelor...Flor Marina Cantu, Mark Anthony Clementz, Laura Denise...Shawn M. Dillon-Falk, John M. Fondakowski, Robert...


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Quitman, John Anthony
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
QUITMAN, JOHN ANTHONY 1798 1858, American general and politician, b. Rhinebeck, N...death. See J. F. H. Claiborne, The Life and Correspondence of John Anthony Quitman (1860). ____________________ Copyright 2009...


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