Pendleton Murrah

Pendleton Murrah
10th Governor of Texas
In office November 5, 1863 – June 17, 1865
Lieutenant	Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale
Preceded by	Francis R. Lubbock
Succeeded by	Andrew Jackson Hamilton
Personal details
Born	1826 (1826) South Carolina
Died	August 4, 1865 (aged 38–39) Monterrey, Mexico
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Sue Ellen Taylor
Profession	Politician

Pendleton Murrah (1826–August 4, 1865) was the tenth Governor of Texas. His term in office coincided with the American Civil War.

Career

A native of South Carolina, Murrah graduated from Brown University in 1848. He moved to Texas and opened a law practice in Marshall. He ran and was defeated for the U.S. Congress before winning the state gubernatorial race in 1863.

During the American Civil War, Murrah emphatically supported the Rebel cause, although he ended up in a controversy over the conscription of Texas militia troops into the Confederate army. Still, even after Robert E. Lee surrendered in 1865, he encouraged Texans to continue the revolution. Only when Union occupation forces were en route to Texas did Murrah flee with other Confederate leaders to Mexico. Lt. Governor Stockdale filled the vacant post, acting as governor for three months, until provisional governor Andrew J. Hamilton assumed office in August 1865.^[1] The trip was too much for his already fragile health, and in August 1865, he died in Monterrey, Mexico of tuberculosis. His grave is located in the Panteon Municipal of Monterrey, Mexico.

Ancestry

Murrah was born in Bibb County, Alabama in 1826 the illegitimate son of Peggy Murrah, a daughter of Charles and Avarilla Jones Murrah. Charles, born in 1775 in Warren Co., North Carolina, traces his ancestry to Lodowick and Mira Ann Jeter Murrah of Caroline County, Virginia through their son also named Charles and his wife Margaret (Peggy).

See also

• "Died of states' rights" at the article Confederate States of America

External links

• Pendleton Murrah from the Handbook of Texas Online
• Entry about Pendleton Murrah from the Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas published 1880, hosted by the Portal to Texas History.

References

1. ↑ "STOCKDALE, FLETCHER SUMMERFIELD," Handbook of Texas Online , accessed May 19, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Governors and Lieutenant Governors of Texas Governors J. P. Henderson Wood Bell J. W. Henderson Pease Runnels Houston Clark Lubbock Murrah Hamilton Throckmorton Pease Davis Coke Hubbard Roberts Ireland Ross Hogg Culberson Sayers Lanham Campbell Colquitt J. Ferguson Hobby Neff M. Ferguson Moody Sterling M. Ferguson Allred O'Daniel Stevenson Jester Shivers Daniel Connally Smith Briscoe Clements White Clements Richards Bush Perry Abbott Lieutenant Governors Horton Greer Henderson Dickson Runnels Lubbock Clark Crockett Stockdale Jones J. W. Flanagan Campbell D. W. Flanagan Fountain Pickett Hubbard Sayers Storey Martin Gibbs Wheeler Pendleton Crane Jester Browning Neal A. B. Davidson Mayes Hobby, Sr. Johnson L. Davidson T. W. Davidson Miller Witt Woodul Stevenson J. L. Smith Shivers Ramsey P. Smith Barnes Hobby, Jr. Bullock Perry Ratliff Dewhurst Patrick