Archibald Hunter Arrington (November 13, 1809 – July 20, 1872) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a
U.S. Representative
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from
North Carolina
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from 1841 to 1845 and a member of the
Confederate Congress
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during the
American Civil War
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.
Biography
Born near in 1809, Arrington attended a local academy in
Hilliardston and then
Louisburg College
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History
Louisburg College has its roots in two schools: Franklin Male Academy, which was chartered in 1787, re-chartered in 1802 but held it ...
. Although he studied law, he was also a significant landowner and slave owner.
Congress
In 1840, Arrington was elected as a
Democrat
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to the
U.S. House
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; he served for two terms, in the
27th and
28th Congresses. (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1845) He sought re-election in 1844, but was defeated and failed to gain a third term.
Civil War
Arrington was a supporter of the
Confederacy
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during the Civil War—he was a member of North Carolina's secession convention in 1861 and was a member of the
First Confederate Congress
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, although he was defeated for re-election in 1863.
Later career
After the Civil War, Arrington was a delegate to the Union National Convention at Philadelphia in 1866.
He was chairman of the court of common pleas and quarter sessions for Nash County in 1866 and 1867, and became a county commissioner in 1868. After departing politics, he engaged in the management of his estate.
Death and burial
He died on his plantation in 1872 and is buried in a family graveyard.
References
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1809 births
1872 deaths
People from Nashville, North Carolina
County commissioners in North Carolina
Louisburg College alumni
Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from North Carolina
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
Members of the United States House of Representatives who owned slaves
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives