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Thomas Salem Bocock (May 18, 1815 – August 5, 1891) was a Confederate politician and lawyer from Virginia. After serving as an antebellum United States Congressman, he was the speaker of the Confederate States House of Representatives during most of the American Civil War .
Quick Facts. Significance: Served as Appomattox County's First Commonwealth Attorney. Place of Birth: Buckingham, Virginia. Date of Birth: May 18, 1815. Place of Death: Appomattox County, Virginia. Date of Death: August 5, 1891. Cemetery Name: Old Bocock Cemetery. A Powerful Politician.
Thomas Salem Bocock (May 18, 1815 – August 5, 1891) was a Confederate politician and lawyer from Virginia. After serving as an antebellum United States Congressman, he was the speaker of the Confederate States House of Representatives during most of the American Civil War.
It was constructed in 1849 to 1850 by Thomas S. Bocock and Henry F. Bocock, brothers. Thomas was a member of the United States Congress and Speaker of the Confederate House of Representatives. At the time, Henry was Clerk of the Court for Appomattox County.
Dec 10, 2013 · He served as prosecuting attorney of Appomattox County (1845-1846) and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from March 4, 1847-March 3, 1861. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he became a Representative to the Confederate Congress and was the Confederacy’s only Speaker of the House (1862-1865).
Slavery in the territories : speech of Hon. Thomas S. Bocock, of Virginia, in the House of Representatives, June 30, 1848. by. Bocock, Thomas S., 1815-1891. Topics. United States -- Politics and government -- 1845-1849. Publisher.
Thomas S. Bocock, lawyer and politician, was born in present-day Appomattox Co. (then part of Buckingham Co.) on 18 May 1815. In 1846, he was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives and served there until 1861.
