Thomas Jenkins Semmes

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Thomas Jenkins Semmes (December 16, 1824 – June 23, 1899) was a politician in the state of Louisiana.

He was born in Washington, D.C.. He became a lawyer and was a member of the American Bar Association. Semmes served as a member of the state legislature, the Louisiana state attorney general, and was a delegate to the Louisiana secession convention in 1861. He was later a Confederate Senator in 1862-1865. He died in New Orleans, Louisiana. Interment at Metairie Cemetery.

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Preceded by E. Warren Moise	Attorney General of Louisiana 1860–1864	Succeeded by F.S. Goode

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v • d • e Confederate States Senators

Alabama: Clay • Jemison • Walker • Yancey • Arkansas: Garland • R. Johnson • Mitchel • Florida: Baker • Maxwell • Georgia: Hill • H. Johnson • Lewis • Kentucky: Burnett • Simms • Louisiana: Semmes • Sparrow • Mississippi: Brown • Phelan • Watson • Missouri: Clark • W. Johnson • Peyton • Vest • North Carolina: Davis • Dortch • Graham • Reade • South Carolina: Barnwell • Orr • Tennessee: Haynes • Henry • Texas: Oldham • Wigfall • Virginia: Caperton • Hunter • Preston