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United States Fifteenth Amendment

John T. Deweese

"(June 4, 1835 -- July 4, 1906) John Thomas Deweese was a(n) lawyer, soldier, register in bankruptcy, public servant, American politician. He moved to Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas and moved to North Carolina. John studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1856. He was appointed register in bankruptcy for North Carolina and a delegate to the Democratic National Convention (1876). Deweese served in the Union Army as a lieutenant of Company E 24th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry (July 6, 1861 - February 15, 1862), mustered in as a captain of Company F 4th Indiana Calvary (August 8, 1862), promoted to colonel, upon reorganization of army was made a second lieutenant of the 8th United States Infantry (July 24, 1866 - August 14, 1867). John was elected as a Republican to the 40th and 41st Congress (July 6, 1868 - his resignation February 29, 1870) where he resigned pending the investigation of certain appointments of the United States Military and Naval Academies. John was censured by the United States House of Representatives (March 1, 1870) for selling an appointment to the United States Naval Academy. During his time on Congress, he served as chairmen on the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (41st Congress) and on the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions (41st Congress). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=D000291]"

Member of North Carolina Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875 , North Carolina Delegation - United States Fifteenth Amendment [this display].

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