T. R. Stockdale
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Thomas Ringland Stockdale (March 28, 1828 - January 8, 1899) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Born near West Union Church, Pennsylvania, Stockdale was graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1856. He moved to Pike County, Mississippi, in 1857 and taught school. He was graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1859. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1859 and practiced in Woodville, Mississippi from 1859 to 1861. During the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate States Army as a private in the Sixteenth Mississippi Infantry in 1861, being promoted successively to lieutenant, adjutant, and major of that regiment. At the close of the war resumed the practice of law in Summit, Mississippi. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1868.
Stockdale was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1895). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination. He was appointed judge of the State supreme court December 1, 1896. He died in Summit, Mississippi, January 8, 1899. He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.
