Ethelbert Barksdale
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Ethelbert Barksdale (January 4, 1824 - February 17, 1893) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi, brother of William Barksdale.
Born in Smyrna, Tennessee, Barksdale moved to Jackson, Mississippi. Adopted journalism as a profession. Edited the official journal of the State 1854-1861 and 1876-1883. He served as member of the Confederate Congress 1861-1865. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1860, 1868, 1872, and 1880. He served as chairman of the Democratic State executive committee 1877-1879.
Barksdale was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886. He engaged in agricultural pursuits in Yazoo County. He died in Yazoo City, Mississippi, February 17, 1893. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi.
