Lewis P. Featherstone
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Lewis Porter Featherstone (July 28, 1851 - March 14, 1922) was a U.S. Representative
from Arkansas
.
Born in Oxford, Mississippi
, Featherstone attended the common schools and Cumberland School of Law
at Cumberland University
, Lebanon, Tennessee
.
He engaged in planting in Shelby County, Tennessee
from 1872 to 1881.
He moved to St. Francis County, Arkansas, and continued as a planter.
He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1887 and 1888.
Featherstone was elected president of the State Wheel
(a farmers' organization) in 1887 and reelected in 1888.
He successfully contested as a Labor Party candidate the election of William H. Cate
to the Fifty-first
Congress and served from March 5, 1889, until March 3, 1891.
He was an unsuccessful candidate on the Union Labor ticket for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-second
Congress.
He engaged in railroad building and in development of iron resources of Texas.
He was commissioned captain in the First Regiment, United States Volunteers (Immune), in 1898.
He died in Longview, Texas
, March 14, 1922.
He was interred in Mission Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas
.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
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Born in Oxford, Mississippi
Oxford, Mississippi
Oxford is a city in, and the county seat of, Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1835, it was named after the British university city of Oxford in hopes of having the state university located there, which it did successfully attract....
, Featherstone attended the common schools and Cumberland School of Law
Cumberland School of Law
Cumberland School of Law is an ABA accredited law school at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. The 11th oldest law school in the United States, it is 160 years old and has more than 11,000 graduates. Its alumni include two United States Supreme Court Justices; Nobel Peace Prize recipient...
at Cumberland University
Cumberland University
Cumberland University is a private university in Lebanon, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in 1842, though the current campus buildings were constructed between 1892 and 1896.-History:...
, Lebanon, Tennessee
Lebanon, Tennessee
Lebanon is a city in Wilson County, Tennessee, in the United States. The population was 20,235 at the 2000 census. It serves as the county seat of Wilson County. Lebanon is located in middle Tennessee, approximately 25 miles east of downtown Nashville. Local residents have also called it...
.
He engaged in planting in Shelby County, Tennessee
Shelby County, Tennessee
Shelby County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the state's largest both in terms of population and geographic area, with a population of 927,644 at the 2010 census...
from 1872 to 1881.
He moved to St. Francis County, Arkansas, and continued as a planter.
He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1887 and 1888.
Featherstone was elected president of the State Wheel
Agricultural Wheel
The Agricultural Wheel was a cooperative alliance of farmers in the United States that existed from 1882 until 1889 when it merged with the National Farmers' Alliance to form the Farmers' and Laborers' Union of America. It was initially started by W. W...
(a farmers' organization) in 1887 and reelected in 1888.
He successfully contested as a Labor Party candidate the election of William H. Cate
William H. Cate
William Henderson Cate was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Cate was born near Murfreesboro, Tennessee and attended the common schools, as well as an academy at Abingdon, Virginia. He ultimately graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1857 and then taught school in the south...
to the Fifty-first
51st United States Congress
The Fifty-first United States Congress, referred to by some critics as the Billion Dollar Congress, was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C...
Congress and served from March 5, 1889, until March 3, 1891.
He was an unsuccessful candidate on the Union Labor ticket for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-second
52nd United States Congress
The Fifty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C...
Congress.
He engaged in railroad building and in development of iron resources of Texas.
He was commissioned captain in the First Regiment, United States Volunteers (Immune), in 1898.
He died in Longview, Texas
Longview, Texas
Longview is a city in Gregg and Harrison Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 80,455. Most of the city is located in Gregg County, of which it is the county seat; only a small part extends into the western part of neighboring Harrison County. It is...
, March 14, 1922.
He was interred in Mission Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
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