Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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Terry, William

Terry, William, a Representative from Virginia; born in Amherst County, Va., August 14, 1824; attended an "old field school" in Amherst County; was graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1848; taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1851 and commenced practice in Wytheville, Va.; engaged in newspaper work; served in the Confederate Army as a lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment, Virginia Infantry; promoted to major in 1862, colonel in February 1864, and commissioned brigadier general May 20, 1864; was the last commander of the famous "Stonewall Jackson" Brigade of the Confederate Army; resumed the practice of law in Wytheville; elected as a Conservative to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1872; elected to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1876; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Cincinnati in 1880 which nominated Gen. Winfield S. Hancock for President; resumed the practice of law; drowned while trying to ford Reed Creek, near Wytheville, Va., on September 5, 1888; interment in East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Va.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Terry, William," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1905 Original Sources, accessed March 25, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LAKLBQAB11ZBGVS.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Terry, William." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1905, Original Sources. 25 Mar. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LAKLBQAB11ZBGVS.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Terry, William' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1905. Original Sources, retrieved 25 March 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LAKLBQAB11ZBGVS.