Henry Warren Ogden
Henry Warren Ogden | |
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U.S. RepresentativefromLouisiana's 4th congressional district | |
In office May 12, 1894 – March 3, 1899 | |
Preceded by | Newton C. Blanchard |
Succeeded by | Phanor Breazeale |
Louisiana State Representative from Bossier Parish | |
In office 1880–1894 | |
Preceded by | John C. Vance |
Succeeded by | Robert Houston Curry |
Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives | |
In office 1884–1888 | |
Preceded by | Robert N. Ogden, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Samuel P. Henry |
Member of theLouisiana House of Representatives | |
In office 1879-1894 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Abingdon Washington County Virginia,USA | October 21, 1842
Died | July 23, 1905 Benton,Bossier Parish Louisiana | (aged 62)
Political party | Democratic |
Occupation | Planter |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Confederate States of America |
Branch/service | Confederate States Army |
Rank | Lieutenant |
Unit | 16th Missouri Infantry |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Henry Warren Ogden(October 21, 1842 – July 23, 1905) was a member of theUnited States House of RepresentativesforLouisiana's 4th congressional district.
Biography
[edit]He was born inAbingdoninWashington Countyin far southwesternVirginia.In 1851, he moved with his parents toWarrensburginJohnson Countyin west centralMissouri,where he attended common schools.
During theAmerican Civil War,he joined theConfederate States of AmericaArmy,despite living in a state that had remained within theUnion.He rose to the rank oflieutenant.Ogden was a first lieutenant of Company D, Sixteenth Regiment, Missouri Infantry, and afterward on the staff of Brigadier General Lewis, Second Brigade, Parsons' division, Missouri Infantry. He was captured and held for one year as aprisoner of war.On June 8, 1865, he was paroled atShreveportinCaddo Parishin northwesternLouisiana.There he remained and became a wealthy planter in adjacentBossier Parish.
In 1879, Ogden was a member of the Louisiana constitutional convention and was elected to theLouisiana House of Representativesfrom Bossier Parish. He was theSpeakerfrom 1884 to 1888. In 1894, he won aspecial electionas aDemocratto theUnited States House of Representatives.The vacancy was created by the resignation ofNewton C. Blanchard.Ogden was reelected to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses, having served from May 12, 1894, to March 3, 1899. He left Congress in 1899 to return to his farm and died six years later inBenton,the Bossier Parishseat of government.
References
[edit]- United States Congress."Henry Warren Ogden (id: O000044)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- 1842 births
- 1905 deaths
- Confederate States Army officers
- American Civil War prisoners of war
- Democratic Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives
- Speakers of the Louisiana House of Representatives
- Politicians from Abingdon, Virginia
- People from Warrensburg, Missouri
- 19th-century American planters
- Politicians from Shreveport, Louisiana
- People from Bossier Parish, Louisiana
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana
- 19th-century American legislators
- Southern Historical Society
- 19th-century Louisiana politicians