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Robert Rufus Bridgers

Robert Rufus Bridgers

American politician

Robert Rufus Bridgers (November 28, 1819 – December 10, 1888) was a Confederate politician during the American Civil War.

Quick Facts Member of the Confederate House of Representatives, Member of the North Carolina House of Commons ...

Biography

Bridgers was born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina on November 28, 1819.[1] He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1841.[2] He served in the state legislature in 1844, and again from 1858 to 1861.[1]

He married Margaret Elizabeth Johnston on December 12, 1849.[1]

He represented the state in the First Confederate Congress and the Second Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1865.[3][4]

He died in Columbia, South Carolina on December 10, 1888.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Ashe, Samuel A'Court (1905). Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present. Vol. I. Charles L. Van Noppen. pp. 171–180. Retrieved August 5, 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. [2]
    "Death of Hon. R. R. Bridgers". The Wilmington Messenger. Columbia, South Carolina. December 11, 1888. p. 1. Retrieved August 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. [3]
    Political Graveyard
  4. [4]
    "Bridgers, Robert Rufus | NCpedia".


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