Reagan, John H. (John Henninger), 1818-1905
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Reagan, John H. (John Henninger), 1818-1905
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Reagan, John H. (John Henninger), 1818-1905
Reagan, John Henninger
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Reagan, John Henninger 1818-1905
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Reagan, John H., 1818-1905
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Reagan, John Henniger, 1818-1905.
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John Henninger Reagan
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Reagan, John H. (John Henniger), 1818-1905.
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Reagan, John H. (John Henniger), 1818-1905.
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U.S. Representative and Senator from Texas; Confederate Postmaster General.
Postmaster General, C.S.A.
Born in Sevier County, Tennessee, John Henniger Reagan (1818-1905) came to Texas in 1839. He was an attorney, a judge, a militia officer, and a Democratic politician who served in the U. S. House of Representatives both before and after the Civil War (1858-1861, 1875-1887), and as a U. S. Senator from Texas (1887-1891). In 1861, Reagan was appointed by President Jefferson Davis to be the Confederate Postmaster-General. He also served as the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury until his capture in 1865. In later life, Reagan served as the first Railroad Commissioner of Texas (1891-1903) and founded the Texas State Historical Association in 1897.
Source: “Reagan, John Henninger.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed March 27, 2012. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000098.
Born in Tennessee in 1818, Reagan came to Texas in 1839.
He was an attorney, a judge, a militia officer, and a Texas legislator who served in both houses of the United States Congress; in the Congress and as Postmaster-General of the Confederacy; and as the first Railroad Commissioner of Texas.
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