| 词条 | Benjamin Fitzpatrick |
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|name = Benjamin Fitzpatrick |image = Hon. Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Ala - NARA - 528657.jpg |office = President pro tempore of the United States Senate |term_start = June 26, 1860 |term_end = December 2, 1860 |predecessor = Jesse D. Bright |successor = Solomon Foot |term_start1 = December 7, 1857 |term_end1 = February 26, 1860 |predecessor1 = Thomas Jefferson Rusk |successor1 = Jesse D. Bright |jr/sr2 = United States Senator |state2 = Alabama |term_start2 = January 14, 1853 |term_end2 = January 21, 1861 |predecessor2 = William R. King |successor2 = George E. Spencer (1868) |term_start3 = November 25, 1848 |term_end3 = November 30, 1849 |predecessor3 = Dixon Lewis |successor3 = Jeremiah Clemens |office4 = 11th Governor of Alabama |term_start4 = November 22, 1841 |term_end4 = December 10, 1845 |predecessor4 = Arthur P. Bagby |successor4 = Joshua L. Martin |birth_date = {{birth date|1802|6|30}} |birth_place = Greene County, Georgia, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1869|11|21|1802|6|30}} |death_place = Wetumpka, Alabama, U.S. |party = Democratic |spouse = Sarah Elmore Aurelia Blassingame }} Benjamin Fitzpatrick (June 30, 1802 – November 21, 1869) was the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama and a United States Senator from that state. He was a Democrat. Early yearsBorn in Greene County, Georgia, Fitzpatrick was orphaned at the age of seven, and was taken by his sister (Celia Fitzpatrick Baldwin) to Alabama in 1815. Fitzpatrick helped his brothers manage land they owned on the Alabama River, and served as deputy under the first sheriff of Autauga County. He worked in the law office of Nimrod E. Benson before he was admitted to the bar.[1] Fitzpatrick studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1821, commencing practice in Montgomery, Alabama. Fitzpatrick served as solicitor of the Montgomery circuit from 1822 to 1823, but moved to his plantation in Autauga County in 1829, and engaged in planting. Governor of Alabama and Senator for AlabamaFitzpatrick became Governor of Alabama in 1841, serving until 1845. Later he was appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dixon H. Lewis, and served from November 25, 1848, to November 30, 1849, when a successor was elected. He was again appointed on January 14, 1853, and subsequently elected (on December 12, 1853)[2] to the Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William R. King (who had been elected Vice President of the United States) and served from January 14, 1853 to March 3, 1855. He served in this Congress as Chairman of the Committee on Printing and the Committee on Engrossed Bills. He was elected to the Senate again to fill the vacancy caused by the failure of the legislature to elect his own successor on November 26, 1855. In this role he served several times as President pro tempore of the Senate. Failure of state banksThe country was plagued by economic depression as a result of the Panic of 1837. Fitzpatrick's predecessor as Governor, Arthur P. Bagby, introduced measures to assist the state banks, but the state legislature rejected most of the measures. All the state banks were closed by Fitzpatrick.[3] Vice Presidential nominationIn 1860, Fitzpatrick was nominated for Vice President of the United States by the wing of the Democratic Party that had nominated Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois for president, but refused the nomination; ultimately, Herschel V. Johnson of Georgia was nominated in his stead. Fitzpatrick withdrew from the Senate on January 21, 1861, following the secession of his home state. ConfederacyFitzpatrick did not take a particularly active role in the politics of the Confederacy, but did serve as president of the constitutional convention of Alabama in 1865. He died on his plantation near Wetumpka, Alabama, on November 21, 1869, aged 67. References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_fitzpa.html |title=Benjamin Fitzpatrick |publisher=Alabama Department of Archives and History |accessdate=2012-06-23}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PeHByMYxVm8C&lpg=PR1 |title=The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992 |edition=volume 4 Bicentennial |page=164 |first1=Robert C. |last1=Byrd |author-link1=Robert Byrd |first2=Wendy |last2=Wolff |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |date=October 1, 1993}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.archives.alabama.gov/govs_list/g_bagbya.html |title=Arthur Pendleton Bagby |publisher=Alabama Department of Archives and History |accessdate=2012-06-23}} External links{{CongBio|F000174}}
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