Napoleon Giddings | |
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| Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from theNebraska Territory's at-large district | |
| In office January 5, 1855 – March 3, 1855 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Bird Chapman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings (1816-01-02)January 2, 1816 Boonesborough,Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | August 3, 1897(1897-08-03) (aged 81) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United StatesUnion |
| Years of service | 1846–1847 1865 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Battles/wars | Mexican–American War American Civil War |
Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings (January 2, 1816 – August 3, 1897) was a United States Congressional Delegate from theNebraska Territory. In addition to his political career, Giddings was a captain in theU.S. Army, a political appointee in theRepublic of Texas, an editor of a small town newspaper inMissouri, a 49er in theCalifornia Gold Rush and a lawyer in Nebraska. After his political career he served as a colonel in theUnion Army during theUnited States Civil War.
Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings was born nearBoonesborough, Kentucky to George and Frances Tandy (Bush) Giddings on January 2, 1816. Giddings moved with his parents toFayette, Missouri in 1828. He enlisted in the army during theTexas War of Independence and became sergeant major of his regiment. When Texas gained independence he was appointed chief clerk in the auditor's office of theRepublic of Texas.
After serving as acting auditor until his resignation in 1838, Giddings returned to Fayette and studied law. He was admitted to theMissouri Bar in 1841 and commenced practice in Fayette. There he was married to Armide Boone, daughter of Rev. Hampton Lynch and Maria Louisa (Roberts) Boone, and a great niece of frontiersman Daniel Boone on November 15, 1842.
In theU.S.-Mexican War Giddings was commissioned as captain of Company A, Second Regiment, Missouri Mounted Volunteers, and served until March 1847. He edited theUnion Flag newspaper inFranklin County, Missouri afterwards, and eventually went to California to engage ingold mining. At some point after that he returned to Missouri, settled inSavannah, Missouri and practiced law.
In the early 1850s Giddings moved toNebraska City and continued the practice of law. When theTerritory of Nebraska was formed in 1854 he was elected as aDemocrat to theThirty-third United States Congress and served from January 5 to March 3, 1855. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1854.
Giddings resumed his law practice in Savannah shortly thereafter, and was commissioned a lieutenant colonel of the Fifty-first Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry during theUnited States Civil War. He served from April 11, 1865, to August 31, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. Giddings died in Savannah on August 3, 1897, and was interred in the City Cemetery there.
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| New constituency | Delegate to theU.S. House of Representatives from theNebraska Territory's at-large congressional district 1855 | Succeeded by |
