Robert E. Withers

Robert Enoch Withers (* September 18, 1821 in Lynchburg, Virginia; † September 21, 1907 in Wytheville, Virginia ) was an American politician (Democratic Party). He served on the U.S. Senate as a representative of Virginia and was deputy governor of the state.

Robert Withers was formed on private schools in 1841 and took his degree at the Medical Faculty of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He practiced as a doctor after initially in Campbell County until he moved to Danville in 1858. During the Civil War he joined the Confederate Army, where he held the rank of Major. Withers commanded the 18th Infantry Regiment of Virginia and was promoted to Colonel later. After he had suffered several serious wounds in battle, he retired from active duty and became commander of the Confederate military post in Danville. He held until the end of the war this item.

In 1866, Robert Withers returned to Lynchburg. There he went into the newspaper business and founded the Lynchburg News, in which he represented the interests of the Conservative Party. This short-lived splinter party nominated him for election to the governor of Virginia, but Withers waived. Later he became involved with the Democratic Party, for which he 1872 the Electoral College belonged in the presidential election. The following year, Withers was elected Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.

On March 4, 1875 Robert Withers moved for the Democrats in the U.S. Senate. During his six years in office, he served as Chairman of the Pension Committee. He went for re-election, but was defeated by the Readjuster Party candidates William Mahone and thus had at March 3, 1881 from the Congress resign.

U.S. President Grover Cleveland appointed Withers 1885 Consul of the United States, Hong Kong. This office he held four years before he sat down on the Ingleside Plantation in Wytheville to rest. There, Robert Withers died in September, 1907.

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