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Arkansas Delegation

This is one of the 45 delegations in the convention, accounting for 4 of 449 people who took part.

Members (4):

Name	Visualize	Details	Delegations
Thomas C. Hindman	Visualize	(28 January, 1828 — 27 September, 1868) Hindman was an American soldier, lawyer, and politician. Born in Knoxville, Tenn. Hindman raised a company in Tippah County in 1846 for the Second Mississippi Regiment under Colonel Clark in the Mexican-American war. Afterwards, Hindman studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1851. Subsequent to serving as a member of the State House of Representatives from 1854 to 1856, Hindman moved to Helena, Ark. Hindman was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress serving from March 4th, 1859 to March 3rd, 1861. Hindman declined to take his seat after being reelcted to the Thirty-seventh Congress, and instead raised and commanded "Hindman's legion" in 1861 for the Confederate Army. After the war, Hindman moved to the city of Mexico to pursue literature. After returning to Helena, Ark., Hindman was assassinated in September 1868. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]	Arkansas Delegation (This negotiation)
Robert W. Johnson	Visualize	(22 July, 1814 — 26 July, 1879) Johnson was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Scott County, Ky., Johnson moved with his father to Arkansas in 1821, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1835. Johnson served as Prosecuting Attorney for the Little Rock circuit from 1840 to 1842. Johnson was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth, Thirty-first, and Thirty-second Congresses serving from March 4th, 1846 to March 3rd, 1853. In 1852, Johnson declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1852. Afterwards, Johnson was appointed and elected to the Utited States Senate in order to fill a vacancy after the resignation of Solon Borland. Johnson served in the Senate from July 6th 1853 to March 3rd, 1861. Johnson subsequently acted as a delegate to the Provisional Government of the Confederate States in 1862 and later, as a member of the Confederate Senate from 1862 to 1865. After an unsucessful run for the United States Senate in 1878, Johnson died in 1879. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]	Arkansas Delegation (This negotiation)
Albert Rust	Visualize	(1818 — 4 April, 1870) Rust was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Fauquier County, Va., Rust was admitted to the bar and practiced in El Dorado, Ark. Rust served as a member of the State House of Representatives from 1842 to 1848 and later from 1852 to 1854. Rust was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth Congress, failed an election for the Thirty-fifth Congress, and subsequently succeded in canidacty for the Thirty-sixth Congress. Afterwards, Rust served as brigadier general in the Confederate Army. Rust died in Little Rock, Ark. in 1870. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]	Arkansas Delegation (This negotiation)
William K. Sebastian	Visualize	(1812 — 20 May, 1865) Sebastian was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Hickman County, Tenn., Sebastian studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1835— practicing in Helena, Ark. Sebastian pursued cotton planting and served as Prosecuting Attorney, Circuit judge, Associate Justice of the State Supreme Court, member and President of the State senate, and Democratic presidential elector in 1846. Sebastian was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy left by Chester Ashley. Sebastian was reelected in 1853 and 1859 and served from May 12th, 1848 to July 11th, 1861 until he was expelled. Sebastian practiced law during the Civil War, later moving to Memphis Tenn. in 1864 and dieing in 1865. In 1877, the Senate revoked the resolution of expulsion. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]	Arkansas Delegation (This negotiation)