David B. Culberson

David Browning Culberson ( born September 29, 1830, Troup County, Georgia, † May 7, 1900 in Jefferson, Texas ) was an American politician. Between 1875 and 1897 he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

David Culberson attended the public schools of his home in Georgia and the Brownwood College in LaGrange. After a subsequent law degree in 1851 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Dadeville (Alabama ) to work in this profession. In 1856 he moved to Texas. Since 1861 he has been resident in Jefferson, where he practiced law. Politically, Culberson member of the Democratic Party. In 1859 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Texas. During the Civil War he served in the army of the Confederacy. He rose to the Colonel from simple soldiers.

After his military service continued David Culberson his political career continued. In 1864 he was again a deputy in the Texas House of Representatives. In the years 1874 and 1875 he was a member and President of the State Senate. In the congressional elections of 1874 he was in the second electoral district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William P. McLean on March 4, 1875. After ten re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1897 eleven legislative periods. Since 1883, he acted as the successor of Roger Q. Mills the fourth district of his state. From 1887-1889 and again 1891-1895 Culberson was chairman of the Judiciary Committee. In 1896 he opted not to run again.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Culberson was member of a commission to revise the federal laws. A post he held until his death on May 7, 1900 in Jefferson. He was married to Eugenia Kimball, with whom he had two children, including his son Charles (1855-1925), governor of Texas and then U.S. Senator for that State was.