Mahone, William, 1826-1895

LC control no.	n 88274125
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Mahone, William, 1826-1895 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Mahone, Wm., 1826-1895
Associated country	United States
Located	Virginia
Birth date	1826-12-01
Death date	1895-10-08
Place of birth	Southampton County (Va.)
Place of death	Washington (D.C.)
Affiliation	Virginia Military Institute United States. Congress. Senate Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad Company Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupation	Legislators Engineers
Found in	NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Bocock, T.S. Papers, 1760-1897 (Mahone, William, 1826-1895) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Mahone, William, 1826-1895) WWWA, Hist. Vol.: p. 330 (Mahone, William; he was an engineer, army officer; U.S. senator; leader of Va. Republican Party; leader of the Readjustors) The express question, 1874: t.p. (Wm. Mahone, president, Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio R.R. Co.) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed April 8, 2024 (Mahone, William, a Senator from Virginia; born in Southampton County, Va., December 1, 1826; graduated from the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington in 1847; taught two years at the Rappahannock Military Academy; became a civil engineer with the Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad and rose to president, chief engineer, and superintendent; joined the Confederate Army and took part in the capture of Norfolk Navy Yard; was commissioned brigadier general and major general in 1864; at the close of the Civil War returned to railroad engineering, and became president of the Norfolk and Western; elected to the United States Senate as a Readjuster and subsequently joined the Republican Party; served from March 4, 1881, until March 3, 1887; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1887; died in Washington, D.C., October 8, 1895; interment in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Va.)