[Henry Stuart]. American public man, born in Fauquier County, VA. He was admitted to the bar in 1822, three years after his graduation from Washington College, Virginia; acquired an extensive practice in Jackson, MS, and in 1844 was a Presidential elector. From 1847 to 1852 he was a United States Senator from Mississippi, and then served as governor of his state till 1854. He was subsequently a member of the Confederate Congress. He was a Unionist before the Civil War, and, although taking part in the Confederacy, was opposed to the continuance of the war. After the Civil War General Grant made him superintendent of the United States mint at New Orleans. He held this position till shortly before his death. He published Texas and the Texans (1841); The War of the Rebellion (1866); Bench and Bar of the South and Southwest (1876); and Personal Reminiscences. He died in Nashville, TN, on the 20th of May 1880.
