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Charles James Faulkner Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 10th & 8th district and West Virginia's 2nd districtIn office
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877Preceded by Richard Parker
Alexander Holladay
John HagansSucceeded by Zedekiah Kidwell
Alexander Boteler
Benjamin F. MartinPersonal details Born July 6, 1806
Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), U.S.Died November 1, 1884 (aged 78)
Martinsburg, West Virginia, U.S.Political party Whig, Democrat Spouse(s) Mary Wagner Boyde Faulkner Profession Politician, Lawyer Charles James Faulkner (July 6, 1806 – November 1, 1884) was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia and West Virginia. He was the father of Charles James Faulkner.
Born in Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), Faulkner graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1822, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1829. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1829 to 1834 and was a commissioner from Virginia to handle the disputed boundaries between that Virginia and Maryland. He was a member of the Virginia State Senate from 1838 to 1842, served in the House of Delegates again in 1848 and 1849 and was a member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1850. In 1848 he introduced in the Virginia House of Delegates a law after which the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was modeled.[1]
Faulkner was elected a Whig and Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1850, serving from 1851 to 1859. There, he served as chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs from 1857 to 1859. He was appointed by President James Buchanan Minister to France in 1860, serving until he was arrested in August, 1861 on charges of negotiating sales of arms for the Confederacy while in Paris, France. Faulkner was released in December after negotiating his own exchange for Alfred Ely, a New York congressman who was captured at the First Battle of Bull Run. Afterward, he enlisted in the Confederate Army and was assistant adjutant general on the staff of General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.
Faulkner engaged in railroad enterprises after the war and was a member of the West Virginia Constitutional Convention again in 1872. He was elected back to the House of Representatives as a Democrat from West Virginia in 1874, serving again from 1875 to 1877. Afterward, he resumed practicing law until his death at the family estate called "Boydville" near Martinsburg, West Virginia on November 1, 1884. Faulkner was interred in the family cemetery on the estate.
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External links
- Charles J. Faulkner at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-13
- "Charles J. Faulkner". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15733899. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
United States House of Representatives Preceded by
Richard ParkerMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 10th congressional district
1851 – 1853Succeeded by
Zedekiah KidwellPreceded by
Alexander HolladayMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 8th congressional district
1853 – 1859Succeeded by
Alexander BotelerPreceded by
John HagansMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from West Virginia's 2nd congressional district
1875 – 1877Succeeded by
Benjamin F. MartinDiplomatic posts Preceded by
John Y. MasonU.S. Minister to France
1860 – 1861Succeeded by
William L. DaytonUnited States Ambassadors to France Envoys Benjamin Franklin, Arthur Lee, Silas Deane (substituted by John Adams in 1778) 1776–1779
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