Thomas Stanhope Flournoy was a US Representative from Virginia and a cavalry officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
13 Facts About Thomas Flournoy
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Thomas Flournoy engaged as a private teacher and subsequently studied law.
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Thomas Flournoy was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Halifax, Virginia, in 1834.
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Thomas Flournoy was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress.
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Thomas Flournoy was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1848 to the Thirty-first Congress and for election in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress.
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Thomas Flournoy was an unsuccessful candidate of the American Party for Governor of Virginia in 1855, losing to Henry A Wise.
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Thomas Flournoy served as member of the secession convention in 1861 at Richmond.
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Thomas Flournoy then entered the Confederate States Army, raised a company of cavalry, and initially served as its captain.
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Thomas Flournoy was promoted to colonel of the 6th Virginia Cavalry.
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Thomas Flournoy participated in Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign and saw action at the battles of Port Republic and Cross Keys.
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Thomas Flournoy was again an unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1863.
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Thomas Flournoy served as delegate to the 1876 Democratic National Convention.
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Thomas Flournoy died at his home in Halifax County, Virginia, March 12,1883, and was interred in the family plot on his estate.