John Henry Caldwell

John Henry Caldwell ( born April 4, 1826 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama; † September 4, 1902 in Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama) was an American lawyer and politician (Democratic Party).

Career

John Henry Caldwell attended the Community School of Huntsville and the Bacon College in Harrodsburg (Kentucky). Then he taught for four years in Limestone County ( Alabama). Caldwell moved to Jacksonville in 1848, where he pursued a job as principal, first 1848-1852 at Jacksonville Female Academy and then 1853-1857 at Jacksonville Male Academy. Furthermore, in the years 1851 and 1852 the Jacksonville Republican, he gave out and took over in 1855 the line of the Sunny South.

Caldwell was in 1857 and 1858 a member of the House of Representatives from Alabama over the years. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1859 and then began in Jacksonville at the practice.

During the American Civil War, he enlisted in the Confederate Army, where he set up the A Company of the 10th Alabama Regiment of the St. Clair and Calhoun Counties and the war served time. Caldwell most recently held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He served in the Army of Virginia.

Furthermore, he was in 1863 elected Solicitor at 10th Judicial District, but in 1865 removed from the provisional governor of his duties. He was re-elected in the same year in the office, but in 1867 removed from office because he refused to obey the military orders.

Caldwell was elected to the 43rd U.S. Congress and re-elected in the subsequent U.S. Congress. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives on 4 March 1873 to 3 March 1877. During this time, he had presided over the Committee on Agriculture ( 44th Congress ). Then he resumed his activities as a lawyer.