Elliott Muse Braxton
Democrat Representative of Virginia's 7th district
Representative
Virginia, district 7
March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1873
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Congresses Served
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House Terms
October 8, 1823 (67 years old)
Birthday
October 2, 1891
Death
- Nineteenth-century American politician and lawyer from Virginia.
- Owned slaves and served in the Confederate Army.
- Elected to the Virginia Senate from 1852 to 1857, representing multiple counties.
- Served as a captain and later a major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
- Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Virginia’s 7th congressional district from 1871 to 1873.
- Advocated for states’ rights and the Conservative Party during his congressional tenure.
- Experienced a decline in his legal practice post-Civil War but continued to practice law in Fredericksburg.
- Married Anna Maria Marshall and had eight children.
- Died in Fredericksburg and was buried in the Confederate Cemetery.