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- Henry_M._Mathews abstract "Henry Mason Mathews (March 29, 1834 – April 28, 1884) was the 7th Attorney General and 5th Governor of West Virginia. He was the first ex-Confederate elected to a governorship in the United States, and his election has been regarded as beginning of the era of the Bourbon Democrat.Born in Frankford, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, he received an A.M. from the University of Virginia and B.L. from Lexington Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and practiced law for several years before the outbreak of the American Civil War. He was commissioned major in the Confederate States Army and served throughout the Vicksburg Campaign. He entered politics after the war and was elected to the West Virginia Senate in 1865 but was unable to serve due to state restrictions for ex-Confederates. When these restrictions were overturned in 1871, he was sent to the 1872 State Convention to rewrite the West Virginia State Constitution. The following year he was elected attorney general and, following one successful term, was elected governor of the state in 1877.His election ushered in the quarter-century era of the Bourbon Democrat, the conservative, pro-business faction in the Democratic Party, who sought to oust the Republican coalition of freedmen, carpetbaggers, and scalawags. He was identified as a Redeemer, the southern wing of the Bourbon faction. As governor, his administration sought resolution to the Long Depression, the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, and issues of state debt. He was criticized for his handling of the Great Railroad Strike, which spread from West Virginia to several other states before he called for Federal support—an action his critics believed could have prevented the national strike if taken sooner.Mathews retired from politics at the end of his term in 1881. In later life he served as president of the White Sulfur Springs Company (now the Greenbrier Resort).".
- Henry_M._Mathews almaMater Bachelor_of_Arts.
- Henry_M._Mathews almaMater Bachelor_of_Laws.
- Henry_M._Mathews almaMater University_of_Virginia.
- Henry_M._Mathews birthDate "1834-03-29".
- Henry_M._Mathews birthPlace Greenbrier_County,_West_Virginia.
- Henry_M._Mathews birthYear "1834".
- Henry_M._Mathews country Confederate_States_of_America.
- Henry_M._Mathews deathDate "1884-04-28".
- Henry_M._Mathews deathPlace Lewisburg,_West_Virginia.
- Henry_M._Mathews deathYear "1884".
- Henry_M._Mathews militaryRank Confederate_States_Army.
- Henry_M._Mathews militaryRank Major_(United_States).
- Henry_M._Mathews office "Attorney General of West Virginia".
- Henry_M._Mathews orderInOffice "5th".
- Henry_M._Mathews orderInOffice "7th".
- Henry_M._Mathews orderInOffice "Governor of West Virginia".
- Henry_M._Mathews party Democratic_Party_(United_States).
- Henry_M._Mathews profession Politician.
- Henry_M._Mathews relation Mathews_family_(Virginia).
- Henry_M._Mathews serviceEndYear "1864".
- Henry_M._Mathews serviceStartYear "1861".
- Henry_M._Mathews spouse Lucy_Fry_Mathews.
- Henry_M._Mathews successor Jacob_B._Jackson.
- Henry_M._Mathews successor Robert_White_(politician).
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- Henry_M._Mathews after Jacob_B._Jackson.
- Henry_M._Mathews after Robert_White_(politician).
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- Henry_M._Mathews allegiance "Confederate States of America".
- Henry_M._Mathews almaMater University_of_Virginia.
- Henry_M._Mathews almaMater "A.B. 1856".
- Henry_M._Mathews almaMater "B.L. 1857".
- Henry_M._Mathews before John_J._Jacob_(West_Virginia).
- Henry_M._Mathews before Joseph_Spriggs.
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- Henry_M._Mathews birthDate "1834-03-29".
- Henry_M._Mathews birthPlace Greenbrier_County,_West_Virginia.
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- Henry_M._Mathews dateOfBirth "1834-03-29".
- Henry_M._Mathews dateOfDeath "1884-04-28".
- Henry_M._Mathews deathDate "1884-04-28".
- Henry_M._Mathews deathPlace Lewisburg,_West_Virginia.
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- Henry_M._Mathews name "Henry M. Mathews".
- Henry_M._Mathews name "Mathews, Henry M.".
- Henry_M._Mathews office "Attorney General of West Virginia".
- Henry_M._Mathews office "Governor of West Virginia".
- Henry_M._Mathews order "5".
- Henry_M._Mathews order "7".
- Henry_M._Mathews parents Mason_Mathews.
- Henry_M._Mathews parents "Eliza Shore Reynolds Mathews".
- Henry_M._Mathews party Democratic_Party_(United_States).
- Henry_M._Mathews placeOfBirth Greenbrier_County,_West_Virginia.
- Henry_M._Mathews placeOfDeath Lewisburg,_West_Virginia.
- Henry_M._Mathews predecessor John_J._Jacob_(West_Virginia).
- Henry_M._Mathews predecessor Joseph_Spriggs.
- Henry_M._Mathews profession Politician.
- Henry_M._Mathews quote ""At this time there was less wealth per capita in West Virginia than in 1865, the result of which had a pronounced effect upon State politics. Those highest up in the social scale held the highest political positions and the entire organization became dangerously corrupt. "The social, political, and economic ills of West Virginia were not to be cured nor even successfully treated during Mathews' administration nor during his life time."".
- Henry_M._Mathews quote ""He was not a good come-and-take debater, but when he had prepared himself to make an oration on the issues of the day, he was splendid. His oratory was easy, smooth, perfectly balanced, his voice was splendidly modulated, his gestures were perfect, and he could make as fine an impression on a rather cultivated audience as any man in the state."".
- Henry_M._Mathews rank "20".
- Henry_M._Mathews rank "35".
- Henry_M._Mathews relations Mathews_family_(Virginia).
- Henry_M._Mathews serviceyears "1861".
- Henry_M._Mathews shortDescription "American politician".
- Henry_M._Mathews siblings Alexander_W._Reynolds.
- Henry_M._Mathews siblings "Alexander F. Mathews".
- Henry_M._Mathews siblings "Joseph William Mathews".
- Henry_M._Mathews source "— Mary L. Rickard, Calendar of the Henry Mason Mathews Letters and Papers in the State Department of Archives and History".
- Henry_M._Mathews source "— William A. MacCorkle, The Recollections of Fifty Years of West Virginia".
- Henry_M._Mathews spouse Lucy_Fry_Mathews.
- Henry_M._Mathews successor Jacob_B._Jackson.
- Henry_M._Mathews successor Robert_White_(politician).
- Henry_M._Mathews termEnd "1877".
- Henry_M._Mathews termEnd "1881".
- Henry_M._Mathews termStart "1873".
- Henry_M._Mathews termStart "1877".
- Henry_M._Mathews title List_of_Governors_of_West_Virginia.
- Henry_M._Mathews title List_of_West_Virginia_Attorneys_General.
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- Henry_M._Mathews years "1873".
- Henry_M._Mathews years "1877".
- Henry_M._Mathews description "American politician".
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- Henry_M._Mathews subject Category:Confederate_States_Army_officers.
- Henry_M._Mathews subject Category:Educators_from_West_Virginia.
- Henry_M._Mathews subject Category:Governors_of_West_Virginia.