William Lewis Sharkey was an American judge and politician from Mississippi. A staunch Unionist during the American Civil War, he opposed the 1861 declared secession of Mississippi from the United States. After the end of the war, President Andrew Johnson appointed Sharkey as provisional governor of Mississippi in 1865.
James Daniel Richardson was an American politician and a Democrat from Tennessee for Tennessee's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 through 1905.
George Smith Houston was an American Democratic politician who was the 24th Governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1878. He was also a congressman and senator for Alabama.
John Hancock was an American judge and politician. As a member of the Texas Legislature he opposed the secession of Texas during the American Civil War. After the war he represented Texas in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party.
Barbour Lewis was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 9th congressional district.
Horace Harrison Harrison was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 5th congressional district of Tennessee.
Robert Porter Caldwell was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th congressional district of Tennessee.
William Vandever was a United States representative from Iowa and later from California, and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
William James Purman was a U.S. Representative from Florida. A Republican, he also served in the Florida Senate and in the Florida House of Representatives.
Carlton Brandaga Curtis was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district from 1851 to 1853 and the 24th district from 1853 to 1855. He then switched parties and later served again as a Republican member for the 19th district from 1873 to 1875.
Eben Alexander was an American scholar, educator, dean, and diplomat.
Joseph Humphrey Sloss was an American politician who served the state of Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1871 and 1875. He was born in Somerville, Morgan County, Alabama on October 12, 1826. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and entered practice in St. Louis, Missouri. He moved to Edwardsville, Illinois in 1849, and served in 1858 and 1859 as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives. Sloss returned to Alabama, and during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army. He served as mayor of Tuscumbia, Alabama, was elected in 1870 as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives, and was reelected in 1872, but was defeated for reelection in 1874. He was appointed in 1877 as United States marshal for the northern district of Alabama, serving until 1882; and served as clerk of the U.S. federal court at Huntsville. Sloss moved to Memphis, Tennessee, and died there on January 27, 1911. He is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama.
Timothy Edward Tarsney was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1889.
Asa Hodges was an American lawyer, slaveholder, and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 1st congressional district from 1873 to 1875.
Lucien Coatsworth Gause was an American lawyer, politician and military veteran who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. From 1875 to 1879, he served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing an Arkansas congressional district.
John Henry Caldwell was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Taul Bradford was an attorney and politician from Talladega, Alabama, who served both in the State House and one term as U.S. Representative following the American Civil War. During the war, he served as an officer in the Confederate States Army, commissioned in his second regiment as a lieutenant colonel.
William Henry Forney was an Alabama legislator, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and U.S. Representative from Alabama from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1893.
Datus Ensign Coon (1831–1893) was a newspaper publisher, Union Army officer during the American Civil War, planter, and state politician in Alabama. He was a delegate to the 1875 Alabama Constitutional Convention and a fraternal order of veterans president in San Diego, California. He served as a state legislator during the Reconstruction era in Alabama. representing Dallas County, Alabama in the Alabama House of Representatives. He served on investigating committee evaluating corruption allegations against U.S. Senator George E. Spencer.
