Semmes, Thomas J. (Thomas Jenkins), 1824-1899
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Lawyer, member of the Confederate Senate, 1862-1865, and member of the law faculty of Tulane University, New Orleans, 1873-1879.
From the description of Papers, 1835-1899. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20314014
Thomas Jenkins Semmes served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and as a delegate to the Louisiana secession convention (1861), where he helped draft the Ordinance of Secession. He was also elected senator to the Confederate Congress (1862-65), Louisiana State Attorney General (1860-64) and as a delegate to the Louisiana state constitutional convention in 1879.
From the description of Thomas Jenkins Semmes engraving, ca. 1860-1875. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 85357218
From the description of Thomas J. Semmes letter books, 1885-1887, 1892-1893. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 325131798
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