11 Facts About Thomas Bragg

Thomas Bragg was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 34th Governor of the US state of North Carolina from 1855 through 1859.

Thomas Bragg was the older brother of General Braxton Bragg.

Thomas Bragg was admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in Jackson, North Carolina.

Thomas Bragg was a member of the North Carolina General Assembly from 1842 to 1843 and became the prosecuting attorney for Northampton County.

Thomas Bragg successfully ran for governor of North Carolina and served from 1855 to 1859.

Thomas Bragg then took a seat in the United States Senate, serving from 1859 until the start of the Civil War in 1861.

Thomas Bragg served as chairman of the Committee on Claims in the thirty-sixth congress.

Thomas Bragg resigned and was expelled for siding with the Confederacy.

In 1870, Thomas Bragg served as special counsel in the impeachment proceedings of Governor William Woods Holden, related to the latter's efforts to curb the influence of the Ku Klux Klan in Reconstruction-era North Carolina.

Thomas Bragg continued to practice law until his death in 1872, and was chairman of the central executive committee of the North Carolina Democratic Party as of 1870.

Thomas Bragg was interred in Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina.