Thomas Bragg

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Thomas Bragg
Thomas Bragg
In office
November 21, 1861 – March 18, 1862
Preceded by Judah P. Benjamin
Succeeded by Thomas H. Watts
Born November 9, 1810
Warrenton, North Carolina, USA
Died January 21, 1872
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Political party Democratic
Profession Politician, Lawyer

Thomas Bragg (November 9, 1810 – January 21, 1872) was a North Carolina politician and lawyer. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Cabinet. He was the older brother of General Braxton Bragg.

Born in Warrenton, North Carolina, Bragg attended Warrenton Academy and later graduated from Captain Partridge’s Military Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice out of Jackson, North Carolina. He was a member of the North Carolina General Assembly 1842 to 1843 and became prosecuting attorney for Northampton County. He successfully ran for Governor of North Carolina and served from 1855 to 1859. He then took a seat in the United States Senate, serving from 1859 until the start of the Civil War in 1861. He served as chairman of the Committee on Claims in the thirty-sixth congress. He was expelled for siding with the Confederacy. Confederate President Jefferson Davis appointed Bragg Attorney General of the Confederate States and served from 1861 until his resignation in 1862. He continued to practice law until his death in 1872. He was interned in Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Preceded by
Warren Winslow		 Governor of North Carolina
1855 – 1859		 Succeeded by
John Willis Ellis
Preceded by
David Settle Reid		 United States Senator (Class 2) from North Carolina
1859 – 1861
Served alongside: Thomas Lanier Clingman		 Succeeded by
Joseph C. Abbott(a)
Preceded by
Judah P. Benjamin		 Confederate States Attorney General
1861 – 1862		 Succeeded by
Thomas H. Watts
(a) Because of North Carolina's secession, the Senate seat was vacant for seven years before Abbott succeeded Bragg.


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This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.


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