John Hemphill (senator) - Career - Expelled

Expelled

As Texas was one of the first seven states to secede, Hemphill was among the fourteen United States Senators expelled by congressional resolution in 1861. He was subsequently chosen as a Texas delegate to the Provisional Confederate Congress, a position he held until his death in Richmond, Virginia.

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