Matt Whitaker Ransom

Matt Whitaker Ransom (October 8, 1826 – October 8, 1904) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1872 and 1895.

Read more about Matt Whitaker Ransom:  Early Life and Antebellum Career, Civil War, Political Career, Retirement and Death

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    I’ve got to go. That’s one of the penalties of being a doctor. I never seem to finish a conversation.
    Robert M. Fresco, and Jack Arnold. Dr. Matt Hastings (John Agar)

    Sweet ladies, long may ye bloom, and toughly I hope ye may thole,
    But was she not lucky? In flowers and lace and mourning,
    In love and great honor we bade God rest her soul
    After six little spaces of chill, and six of burning.
    —John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)