Matt W. Ransom

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(October 8, 1826 — October 8, 1904) Ransom was a businessman, lawyer, and politician. Matt Whitaker Ransom was born in Warren County, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1847, after which he studied law and was admitted to the bar. Ransom served as a member of the State House of Commons and as the attorney general of North Carolina. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the Confederate Army and attained the rank of major general. After the war Ransom moved to Weldon, North Carolina and became a planter as well as practiced law. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the Senate at the start of the congressional session. He served in the Senate from January 30, 1872 until March 3, 1895. After serving in Congress, Ransom worked in the agriculture business until his death in 1904. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/R000062]

Member of North Carolina Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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