Biography of Thomas H. Herndon, Mobile, Alabama

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THOMAS H. HERNDON, OF ALABAMA

     Thomas H. Herndon, of Mobile, represents the First Congressional District 
     of Alabama in the National Congress.  He was born in Greene [now Hale] County 
     in that State, July 01, 1828.  He was educated at the University of Alabama, 
     and after leaving college began the study of law, subsequently attending the 
     Law School at Cambridge, Mass.  He was admitted to the Bar, and has since 
     continued to practice law in his native State.  In 1857 he was elected to the 
     Legislature of that State, and served for that session.  In 1858-59 he was a 
     Trustee of the University of Alabama.  He was a member of the State Convention, 
     known as the Secession Convention, in 1861.  He entered the Confederate army, 
     and was promoted from Major to Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel; was wounded twice 
     in battle, and paroled May 15, 1865.  In 1872 he was the Democratic candidate for 
     Governor of Alabama.  In 1875 he was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 
     that State, and was Chairman of the Committee on Executive Department.  In 1876-77 
     he was a member of the State Legislature, serving as Chairman of the House Judiciary 
     Committee during the term.  He was elected to the Forty-sixth Congress, and re-elected 
     to the Forty-seventh Congress, as a Democrat, by a majority of 2,129 votes. 

Ref:  Headley, P. C., PUBLIC MEN OF TO-DAY, 1882, S. S. Scranton & Company, Hartford, p. 419.