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John Deweese | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina's4th district | |
| In office July 6, 1868 – February 28, 1870 | |
| Preceded by | Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (1861) |
| Succeeded by | Robert B. Gilliam (elect) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Thomas Deweese (1835-07-04)July 4, 1835 Van Buren,Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | July 4, 1906(1906-07-04) (aged 71) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican (before 1876) Democratic (1876–1906) |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Army (Union Army) |
| Years of service | 1861–1867 |
| Rank | BrevetBrigadier General (USV) Second Lieutenant (USA) |
| Unit | United States Volunteers |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
John Thomas Deweese (June 4, 1835 – July 4, 1906) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as aU.S. representative fromNorth Carolina. Deweese was censured by the House of Representatives in 1870 for selling an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy.
Born inVan Buren, Arkansas, on June 4, 1835, Deweese was educated at home, where he studied law; he was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice inHenderson, Kentucky. He later lived inDenver, Colorado, for some years, but moved toPike County, Indiana, in 1860.
DeWeese entered theUnion Army on July 6, 1861, assecond lieutenant of Company E, Twenty-fourth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served with that command until February 15, 1862, when he resigned. He was quickly mustered in ascaptain of Company F, Fourth Indiana Cavalry, on August 8, 1862, and was successively promoted to rank ofcolonel; he was brevetted Brigadier-General of Volunteers effective March 13, 1865. Upon the reorganization of the Army he was appointed second lieutenant, in the Eighth United States Infantry, on July 24, 1866. Following the war, he moved to North Carolina.
Deweese resigned from the Army on August 14, 1867, having been elected to Congress. He was appointed register in bankruptcy for North Carolina in 1868; upon the readmission of North Carolina to the Union, DeWeese was elected as aRepublican to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses and served from July 6, 1868, to February 28, 1870. During that time, he was the chairman of Committee on Expenditures in theDepartment of the Interior and on the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.
Deweese resigned his seat in February 1870 during a congressional investigation. He wascensured by the House of Representatives on March 1, 1870, for selling an appointment to theNaval Academy. He then switched parties and became a delegate to theDemocratic National Convention in 1876, resumed the practice of law, and died inWashington, D.C., on July 4, 1906. He is interred inArlington National Cemetery.[1]
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| Vacant Title last held by Lawrence O'Bryan Branch1861 | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina's 4th congressional district 1868–1870 | Succeeded by Robert B. Gilliam Elect |
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