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/></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Military_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Committee on Military Affairs">Committee on Military Affairs</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Haralson" class="mw-redirect" title="Hugh Haralson">Hugh Haralson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armistead_Burt" title="Armistead Burt">Armistead Burt</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="Virginia House of Delegates">Virginia House of Delegates</a> from <a href="/wiki/Henrico_County,_Virginia" title="Henrico County, Virginia">Henrico County</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1833–1838</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Robert A. Mayo</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Sherwin McRae</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1802-09-16</span>)</span>September 16, 1802<br /><a href="/wiki/Dumfries,_Virginia" title="Dumfries, Virginia">Dumfries, Virginia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">January 8, 1869<span style="display:none">(1869-01-08)</span> (aged 66)<br /><a href="/wiki/Culpeper,_Virginia" title="Culpeper, Virginia">Culpeper, Virginia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitutional_Union_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitutional Union Party">Constitutional Union</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Politician, Lawyer</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Minor Botts</b> (September 16, 1802 – January 8, 1869) was a nineteenth-century politician, planter and lawyer from <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>. He was a prominent <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitutional_Union_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitutional Union Party">Unionist</a> in <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond, Virginia</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_and_family_life">Early and family life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Botts&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early and family life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Botts was born in <a href="/wiki/Dumfries,_Virginia" title="Dumfries, Virginia">Dumfries, Virginia</a>, to prominent lawyer Benjamin Gaines Botts and his wife Jane Tyler Botts. Both of his parents died in the <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Theatre_fire" title="Richmond Theatre fire">Richmond Theatre fire</a> on 26 December 1811, so John and his siblings were raised by relatives in <a href="/wiki/Fredericksburg,_Virginia" title="Fredericksburg, Virginia">Fredericksburg</a>. Botts attended the common schools in <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond, Virginia</a>, then studied law. </p><p>He married Mary Whiting Blair (1801-1841), and they had several children. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Botts&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After admission to the Virginia bar in 1830, Botts moved to <a href="/wiki/Henrico_County,_Virginia" title="Henrico County, Virginia">Henrico County, Virginia</a>, outside Richmond. He operated a plantation called "Half Sink" on the <a href="/wiki/Chickahominy_River" title="Chickahominy River">Chickahominy River</a> in Varina Farms area about nine miles east of downtown Richmond. He used the progressive agricultural methods advocated in the 'Southern Planter', as well as slave labor. Botts also raised racehorses and practiced law.<sup id="cite_ref-BottsLVaBio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BottsLVaBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_career">Political career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Botts&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Minor_Botts.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/John_Minor_Botts.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="201" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="175" data-file-height="201" /></a><figcaption>Botts, circa 1850</figcaption></figure> <p>Botts lost his first run for political office in 1831, but won the following year and represented Henrico County in the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="Virginia House of Delegates">Virginia House of Delegates</a> from 1833 to 1839.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1835, he seemed to lose to William B. Randolph, but successfully challenged the results in court. In 1836, he again appeared to lose, to William N. Whiting, but again won a court challenge and was seated.<sup id="cite_ref-BottsLVaBio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BottsLVaBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1838, voters elected Botts as a <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> and William N. Whiting succeeded him as Henrico's state delegate. Unlike most Whigs, Botts opposed the <a href="/wiki/Second_Bank_of_the_United_States" title="Second Bank of the United States">Second Bank of the United States</a> on constitutional grounds, but also considering President Andrew Jackson's veto of the bank's renewed charter encroachment upon Congress's powers, therefore by 1841 Botts favored a national bank. Botts was one of the few southern representatives to oppose the Democrats' "gag rule" (refusing to receive or air) antislavery petitions, he argued that violated the constitutional right to petition the government and also eliminated an important safety valve which relieved sectional agitation.<sup id="cite_ref-BottsLVaBio_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BottsLVaBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Botts served in Congress from 1839 to 1843 however he was defeated for reelection in 1842 (following redistricting after the 1840 census). Although a slaveholder, Botts vehemently opposed extension of slavery into territories, and blamed Democrat <a href="/wiki/John_C._Calhoun" title="John C. Calhoun">John C. Calhoun</a> for increasing sectional animosities by trying to annex Texas <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. On July 18, 1842, Botts introduced a resolution that levied several charges against President <a href="/wiki/John_Tyler" title="John Tyler">John Tyler</a> and called for a nine-member committee <a href="/wiki/Impeachment_inquiry_in_the_United_States" title="Impeachment inquiry in the United States">to investigate</a> his behavior, with the expectation of a formal <a href="/wiki/Federal_impeachment_in_the_United_States" title="Federal impeachment in the United States">impeachment</a> recommendation. The Botts bill, however, was tabled until the following January, when it was rejected after Botts' defeat for reelection, 127−83.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After this defeat, Botts continued to publish letters and articles opposing Texas' annexation. </p><p>Botts won election to Congress again in 1846, serving from 1847 to 1849. He was chairman of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">Committee on Military Affairs</a> from 1847 to 1849, using it to support the Army (in which his son fought and died) rather than to oppose the war. Botts again lost his reelection bid in 1848, but he was elected again in 1850. </p><p>Botts also served as one of six delegates representing the city of Richmond and the counties of <a href="/wiki/Charles_City_County,_Virginia" title="Charles City County, Virginia">Charles City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henrico_County,_Virginia" title="Henrico County, Virginia">Henrico</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_Kent_County,_Virginia" title="New Kent County, Virginia">New Kent</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Constitutional_Convention_of_1850" title="Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850">Virginia Constitutional Convention</a> of 1850-1851. There, Botts chaired the committee on the Bill of Rights and argued for abolishing the death penalty and imprisonment for debt, as well as for extending the franchise and giving more voice to Western Virginians. He also proposed requiring that before any <a href="/wiki/Manumission" title="Manumission">manumission</a> of a slave, the owner must either arrange for the person's travel out of the state or secure legislative permission to remain in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-BottsLVaBio_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BottsLVaBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Botts resumed practicing law in Richmond in 1852. With the demise of the Whig party (whose last national convention he attended in 1852), he ran for Congress on the <a href="/wiki/Know_Nothing_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Know Nothing Party">Know Nothing Party</a> ticket in 1854, but lost. His opposition to the admission of Kansas as a slave state also bucked public opinion in Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-BottsLVaBio_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BottsLVaBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prelude_and_American_Civil_War">Prelude and American Civil War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Botts&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Prelude and American Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:224px;max-width:224px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Minor_Botts_and_family_on_porch_of_home,_September_1863.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/John_Minor_Botts_and_family_on_porch_of_home%2C_September_1863.tif/lossy-page1-220px-John_Minor_Botts_and_family_on_porch_of_home%2C_September_1863.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/John_Minor_Botts_and_family_on_porch_of_home%2C_September_1863.tif/lossy-page1-330px-John_Minor_Botts_and_family_on_porch_of_home%2C_September_1863.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/John_Minor_Botts_and_family_on_porch_of_home%2C_September_1863.tif/lossy-page1-440px-John_Minor_Botts_and_family_on_porch_of_home%2C_September_1863.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7500" data-file-height="6031" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Botts_House.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Botts_House.jpg/220px-Botts_House.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Botts_House.jpg/330px-Botts_House.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Botts_House.jpg/440px-Botts_House.jpg 2x" data-file-width="956" data-file-height="732" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Botts and family on porch of their home in <a href="/wiki/Culpeper,_Virginia" title="Culpeper, Virginia">Culpeper, Virginia</a>, September 1863. Photos by <a href="/wiki/Timothy_H._O%27Sullivan" title="Timothy H. O'Sullivan">Timothy H. O'Sullivan</a>.</div></div></div></div> <p>Botts was not fond of the Democratic party. He believed that Virginian governor <a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Wise" title="Henry A. Wise">Henry A. Wise</a> had secretly planned <a href="/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist)" title="John Brown (abolitionist)">John Brown's</a> 1859 raid <a href="/wiki/False_flag" title="False flag">to inflame the citizenry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the support of <a href="/wiki/Anna_Ella_Carroll" title="Anna Ella Carroll">Anna Ella Carroll</a>, Botts attempted to unite the Know Nothing party with the new Republican party, but failed to win the support of either as a presidential candidate in 1860. During the presidential election of 1860, Botts aligned with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitutional_Union_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitutional Union Party">United States Constitutional Union Party</a> and supported <a href="/wiki/John_Bell_(Tennessee_politician)" title="John Bell (Tennessee politician)">John Bell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though Bell was outpolled nationally by both the winning candidate Republican <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> and the Northern Democrat <a href="/wiki/Stephen_A._Douglas" title="Stephen A. Douglas">Stephen A. Douglas</a>, Botts continued to support the principles of the Constitutional Union party. Even Carroll before her death acknowledged Botts was too outspoken and brusque to attract enough support.<sup id="cite_ref-BottsLVaBio_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BottsLVaBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Botts failed to attract sufficient support as a Unionist delegate to attend Virginia's Secession Convention of 1861, although fellow Unionist <a href="/wiki/John_Brown_Baldwin" title="John Brown Baldwin">John Brown Baldwin</a> was elected. President Lincoln met separately with Baldwin and Botts, who later published different accounts of their meetings, neither of which stopped Virginia from seceding. Botts blamed Baldwin for keeping Lincoln's peace offer secret while his native state moved toward secession.<sup id="cite_ref-BottsLVaBio_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BottsLVaBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He retired to his Henrico County farm after Virginia declared its secession in the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, but continued to write letters to newspaper editors and remained uncompromisingly Unionist in his sentiments.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Through the war, Botts refused to fight against Virginia, but remained in the Commonwealth.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 2, 1862, Richmond's <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> <a href="/wiki/Provost_marshal" title="Provost marshal">provost marshal</a> <a href="/wiki/John_H._Winder" title="John H. Winder">John H. Winder</a> jailed Botts and fellow Unionist <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Stearns" title="Franklin Stearns">Franklin Stearns</a> without trial for espousing Unionist positions after the Confederacy suspended the right of habeas corpus.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About 150 people were eventually picked up, and Stearns was later placed under house arrest in his Richmond warehouse, where his family could care for him. Botts stated that while he was in captivity Captain George W. Alexander attempted to persuade him to join the Confederate army as a brigadier general in exchange for his freedom.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Botts spent eight weeks in solitary confinement. He was released after promising not to publish any more incendiary letters, and in January 1863 moved to a plantation he had won gambling, <a href="/wiki/Auburn_(Brandy_Station,_Virginia)" title="Auburn (Brandy Station, Virginia)">Auburn</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Culpeper_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Culpeper County">Culpeper County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, where Botts entertained both Union and Confederate officers at various times.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Botts had promised he would move away from Richmond to ensure his pardon.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was arrested on October 12, 1863, by order of Confederate General <a href="/wiki/J._E._B._Stuart" title="J. E. B. Stuart">J. E. B. Stuart</a>, for entertaining Union officers (although three of his slaves had absconded for Union lines and he requested their return but was denied), but released later the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postwar">Postwar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Botts&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Postwar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1864, the rump general assembly at Alexandria attempted to elect Botts to the U.S. Senate, but he declined. On the night of President Lincoln's assassination, several men arrived at his house and attempted to rob Botts after he answered their knock, but he closed the door in their faces.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 1866, Botts presided over a Unionist convention, and became a delegate to the Southern Loyalists' Convention in Philadelphia later that year, where he argued against universal manhood suffrage. Botts proposed <a href="/wiki/Gradual_emancipation_(United_States)" title="Gradual emancipation (United States)">gradual emancipation</a> of slaves, and would allow only some African Americans to vote. However, Radical Republicans defeated the Southern Unionists, and the <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_Era" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconstruction Era">Reconstruction Era</a> began. Botts was defeated when he ran to become a delegate to Virginia's Constitutional Convention of 1867-1868, eventually led by <a href="/wiki/John_Curtiss_Underwood" title="John Curtiss Underwood">John Curtiss Underwood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BottsLVaBio_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BottsLVaBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Botts last addressed Republicans in February 1868.<sup id="cite_ref-BottsLVaBio_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BottsLVaBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Botts&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Botts died on January 8, 1869, in <a href="/wiki/Culpeper,_Virginia" title="Culpeper, Virginia">Culpeper, Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections_of_1846,_1848,_1850"><span id="Elections_of_1846.2C_1848.2C_1850"></span>Elections of 1846, 1848, 1850</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Botts&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Elections of 1846, 1848, 1850"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Botts was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1846 with 55.37% of the vote, defeating Democrat <a href="/wiki/Walter_Leake" title="Walter Leake">Walter D. Leake</a>. He then failed to be re-elected to Congress in races held in 1848 and 1850, but he was elected as a delegate to the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Constitutional_Convention_of_1850" title="Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850">Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850</a> where he spoke as a reformer to expand the Virginia electorate.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Memoirs">Memoirs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Botts&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Memoirs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Botts published his memoirs, <i>The Great Rebellion: Its Secret History, Rise, Progress, and Disastrous Failure</i> (1866). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Botts&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Constitutional_Convention_of_1850" title="Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850">Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Botts&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="#cite_ref-BottsLVaBio_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BottsLVaBio_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BottsLVaBio_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BottsLVaBio_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BottsLVaBio_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BottsLVaBio_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BottsLVaBio_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BottsLVaBio_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160420152321/http://edu.lva.virginia.gov/online_classroom/union_or_secession/people/john_botts">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"John Botts biographical entry at Education@LibraryOfVirginia"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://edu.lva.virginia.gov/online_classroom/union_or_secession/people/john_botts">the original</a> on 2016-04-20<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2017-01-13</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%22John+Botts+biographical+entry+at+Education%40LibraryOfVirginia%22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fedu.lva.virginia.gov%2Fonline_classroom%2Funion_or_secession%2Fpeople%2Fjohn_botts&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Botts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: 1978) pp. 368, 372, 376, 380 and 385 (succeeding William B. Randolph on December 24, 1835)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#Chitwood">Chitwood</a>, p. 303; <a href="#Seager">Seager</a>, p. 169.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFTunnell1998" class="citation journal cs1">Tunnell, Ted (1998). "Review of Furgurson, Ernest B., <i>Ashes of Glory: Richmond at War</i>". <i>The Journal of Southern History</i>. <b>64</b> (1): 14. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F2588092">10.2307/2588092</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0022-4642">0022-4642</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2588092">2588092</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Journal+of+Southern+History&rft.atitle=Review+of+Furgurson%2C+Ernest+B.%2C+Ashes+of+Glory%3A+Richmond+at+War&rft.volume=64&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=14&rft.date=1998&rft.issn=0022-4642&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F2588092%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F2588092&rft.aulast=Tunnell&rft.aufirst=Ted&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Botts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1860/10/02/news/presidential-campaign-virginia-john-minor-botts-field-he-denounces-disunionists.html?pagewanted=1">"Presidential.; The Campaign in Virginia. John Minor Botts in the Field---He Denounces the Disunionists."</a>, <i>The New York Times</i>, October 2, 1860</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John Minor Botts, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1860/12/11/news/bold-protest-against-disunion-letter-john-minor-botts-protesting-against.html?scp=2&sq=dec%2011%201860&st=p&pagewanted=1">"A Bold Protest Against Disunion.; Letter From John Minor Botts Protesting Against Secession."</a>, <i>The New York Times</i>, December 11, 1860</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John Minor Botts, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1861/05/03/news/a-despairing-patriot-important-letter-from-hon-jm-botts.html?scp=35&sq=botts&st=cse">"A Despairing Patriot.; Important Letter from Hon. J.M. Botts."</a>, <i>The New York Times</i>, May 3, 1861</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1862/03/07/news/important-south-great-excitement-rebel-capital-full-particulars-arrest-john.html?scp=1&sq=botts%20arrest&st=cse">"IMPORTANT FROM THE SOUTH.; Great Excitement in the Rebel Capital. Full Particulars of the Arrest of John Minor Botts and Other Prominent Citizens."</a>, <i>The New York Times</i>, March 7, 1862</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/James_M._McPherson" title="James M. McPherson">McPherson, James</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Battle_Cry_of_Freedom_(book)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle Cry of Freedom (book)">Battle Cry of Freedom</a></i>, Penguin Books, 1990, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-14-012518-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-14-012518-4">978-0-14-012518-4</a>, p.434</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFFurgurson1997" class="citation book cs1">Furgurson, Ernest B. (1997). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ashesofgloryrich00furg"><i>Ashes of glory: Richmond at war</i></a></span>. A.A. Knopf. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0679422323" title="Special:BookSources/0679422323"><bdi>0679422323</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/191121977">191121977</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ashes+of+glory%3A+Richmond+at+war&rft.pub=A.A.+Knopf&rft.date=1997&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F191121977&rft.isbn=0679422323&rft.aulast=Furgurson&rft.aufirst=Ernest+B.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fashesofgloryrich00furg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Botts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFCummings2013" class="citation web cs1">Cummings, John (2013-01-25). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://spotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com/2013/01/john-minor-botts-home-for-sale-auburn.html">"Spotsylvania Civil War Blog: The John Minor Botts Home For Sale. "Auburn", built circa 1855"</a>. <i>Spotsylvania Civil War Blog</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-06-13</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Spotsylvania+Civil+War+Blog&rft.atitle=Spotsylvania+Civil+War+Blog%3A+The+John+Minor+Botts+Home+For+Sale.+%22Auburn%22%2C+built+circa+1855.&rft.date=2013-01-25&rft.aulast=Cummings&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fspotsylvaniacw.blogspot.com%2F2013%2F01%2Fjohn-minor-botts-home-for-sale-auburn.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Botts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pddoc.com/photohistory/v7/114.htm">"The Virginia Home of John Minor Botts"</a>. <i>www.pddoc.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-06-13</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.pddoc.com&rft.atitle=The+Virginia+Home+of+John+Minor+Botts&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pddoc.com%2Fphotohistory%2Fv7%2F114.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Botts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1865/06/04/news/an-attack-on-john-minor-botts.html">"AN ATTACK ON JOHN MINOR BOTTS"</a>, <i>The New York Times</i>, June 4, 1865</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A14F63A5E1A7493CBA9178AD85F4D8684F9&scp=40&sq=botts&st=cse">"OBITUARY.; John Minor Botts"</a>, <i>The New York Times</i>, January 9, 1869</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Heinemann, Ronald L., et al. Old Domion, New Commonwealth: a history of Virginia, 1607-2007, 2008 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8139-2769-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8139-2769-5">978-0-8139-2769-5</a>, p. 189-190</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Botts&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.myinwood.net/1847-dyckman-letter/">My Inwood</a> 1847 Richmond letter mentioning Botts</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6836966">John Botts</a> at <a href="/wiki/Find_a_Grave" title="Find a Grave">Find a Grave</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.virginiamemory.com/online_classroom/union_or_secession/people/john_botts">John Minor Botts in Union or Secession: Virginians Decide</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Virginia" title="Library of Virginia">Library of Virginia</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.00923">"Auburn," the Botts estate in Culpeper, Va.</a></li></ul> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFUnited_States_CongressB000655" class="citation web cs1">United States Congress. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000655">"John Botts (id: B000655)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Biographical+Directory+of+the+United+States+Congress&rft.atitle=John+Botts+%28id%3A+B000655%29&rft.au=United+States+Congress&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbioguide.congress.gov%2Fscripts%2Fbiodisplay.pl%3Findex%3DB000655&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Botts" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Robertson_(congressman)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Robertson (congressman)">John Robertson</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Virginia" title="List of United States representatives from Virginia">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="Virginia11 !"><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 11th congressional district">Virginia's 11th congressional district</a></span> </b><br />1839–1843 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Taylor_(Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Taylor (Virginia)">William Taylor</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_Seddon" title="James Seddon">James Seddon</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> 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Coles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_B._Venable" title="Abraham B. Venable">Venable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Coles" title="Isaac Coles">I. Coles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Clay" title="Matthew Clay">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abram_Trigg" title="Abram Trigg">Trigg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Sheffey" title="Daniel Sheffey">Sheffey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Smyth" title="Alexander Smyth">Smyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Tucker_(author)" title="George Tucker (author)">G. Tucker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Davenport_(congressman)" title="Thomas Davenport (congressman)">Davenport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Coles" title="Walter Coles">W. 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