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the Confederate States">Confederate States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />February 18, 1862 – May 10, 1865</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">Constituency established</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Constituency abolished</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;"><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Louisiana">Attorney General of Louisiana</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1860–1864</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/Edwin_Warren_Mo%C3%AFse" title="Edwin Warren Moïse">Warren Moise</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">Flavillus Goode</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">1824-12-16</span>)</span>December 16, 1824<br /><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">June 23, 1899<span style="display:none">(1899-06-23)</span> (aged 74)<br /><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Thomas Jenkins Semmes</b> (December 16, 1824 – June 23, 1899) was an American politician who served as a <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Confederate_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Congress of the Confederate States">Confederate States Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> from 1862 to 1865. He was the 9th president of the American Bar Association 1886–1887. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jenkins_Semmes&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thomas Jenkins Semmes was born in <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)">Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)</a>, son of Raphael Semmes, of the <a href="/wiki/Charles_County,_Maryland" title="Charles County, Maryland">Charles County, Maryland</a> (Tayloe's Neck) Semmes, and Mary Matilda Jenkins Semmes. The Semmes family were merchants of English and French descent. He graduated from Georgetown College (now <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University" title="Georgetown University">Georgetown University</a>) in 1842, and received a law degree from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> in 1845. He practiced law in Washington DC until 1850, when he moved to New Orleans. There he became active in the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> and was soon elected a member of the <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">Louisiana House of Representatives</a>. President <a href="/wiki/James_Buchanan" title="James Buchanan">James Buchanan</a> appointed him <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney" title="United States Attorney">United States Attorney</a> for <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Louisiana" title="United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana">the Eastern District of Louisiana</a> in 1857, serving till 1859, He was appointed <a href="/wiki/List_of_attorneys_general_of_Louisiana" title="List of attorneys general of Louisiana">Attorney General of Louisiana </a> in 1860, serving till 1864. </p><p>He became a strong advocate of secession. In 1862, he was elected <a href="/wiki/List_of_Confederate_States_senators" title="List of Confederate States senators">Confederate States Senator</a> from Louisiana, serving until 1865. He was a strong supporter and advocate of Louisiana troops, including the famed <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Tigers" title="Louisiana Tigers">Louisiana Tigers</a>, in which his brother Andrew served as a regimental surgeon. </p><p>Semmes was a close adviser to Confederate President <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Davis" title="Jefferson Davis">Jefferson Davis</a>. Due to <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_New_Orleans" title="Capture of New Orleans">the Union occupation of New Orleans</a> in 1862, he resided in <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond</a> during the war, less than a block away from the White House of the Confederacy. Semmes was credited with creating the motto for the Confederacy, "<i><a href="/wiki/Deo_vindice" title="Deo vindice">Deo vindice</a></i>" which appears on the seal. Senator Semmes, in proposing this motto, took pains to stress that the Confederacy had "deviated in the most emphatic manner from the spirit that presided over the construction of the Constitution of the United States, which is silent on the subject of the Deity", and he clearly expected this invocation to bring his side victory. </p><p>Semmes' home in Federal-occupied New Orleans was commandeered by order of General <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Butler" title="Benjamin Butler">Benjamin Butler</a> to quarter <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union</a> troops. </p><p>After the war, Semmes resumed the practice of law in New Orleans. He became a professor of law at the University of Louisiana (now <a href="/wiki/Tulane_University" title="Tulane University">Tulane University</a>). He served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Louisiana#Louisiana_Constitution_of_1879" title="Constitution of Louisiana">Louisiana Constitutional Conventions of 1879</a> and <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Louisiana#Louisiana_Constitution_of_1898" title="Constitution of Louisiana">1898</a>. In 1886-1887, he served as President of the <a href="/wiki/American_Bar_Association" title="American Bar Association">American Bar Association</a>. Semmes was president of <a href="/wiki/The_Boston_Club" title="The Boston Club">The Boston Club</a> (an exclusive social club) in 1883–1892. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jenkins_Semmes&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Semmes was married on January 8, 1850, in <a href="/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama" title="Montgomery, Alabama">Montgomery, Alabama</a>, to Myra Eulalia Knox and they had seven children. He continued to live in New Orleans, and also maintained a summer home at 191 Culpeper Street in <a href="/wiki/Warrenton,_Virginia" title="Warrenton, Virginia">Warrenton, Virginia</a>, which was built in 1873. The home is known as "The Louisiana House." </p><p>In 1900 a public school at 1008 Jourdan Street in New Orleans was named for him. The building was sold to a non-profit and suffered significant damage in <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a>. It continues to suffer from demolition by neglect. </p><p>He died in New Orleans in 1899 and is interred in <a href="/wiki/Metairie_Cemetery" title="Metairie Cemetery">Metairie Cemetery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jenkins_Semmes&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A first cousin was <a href="/wiki/Raphael_Semmes" title="Raphael Semmes">Raphael Semmes</a>, captain of the <a href="/wiki/CSS_Alabama" title="CSS Alabama">CSS <i>Alabama</i></a> and later admiral. Raphael Semmes, son of Richard Thompson Semmes and Catherine Middleton Semmes, grew up with his cousin in Georgetown after Raphael's parents died. </p><p>Thomas Jenkins Semmes' sister, <a href="/wiki/Cora_Matilda_Semmes_Ives" class="mw-redirect" title="Cora Matilda Semmes Ives">Cora Matilda Semmes Ives</a>, was an American writer known for her pro-Confederate utopian novel <i>The Princess of the Moon: A Confederate Fairy Story</i>, published in 1869. </p> <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=Thomas_Jenkins_Semmes&action=edit&section=4" 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 .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></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 .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 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://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-of-louisiana-biography-s/">"Dictionary S"</a>. <i>Dictionary of Louisiana Biography</i>. Louisiana Historical Association<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 8,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Dictionary+of+Louisiana+Biography&rft.atitle=Dictionary+S&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lahistory.org%2Fresources%2Fdictionary-louisiana-biography%2Fdictionary-of-louisiana-biography-s%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Jenkins+Semmes" 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"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLawrence_Kestenbaum" class="citation web cs1">Lawrence Kestenbaum. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seldenright-semrow.html#RJH17SQSD">"Index to Politicians: Seldenright to Semrow"</a>. <i>The Political Graveyard</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 15,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Political+Graveyard&rft.atitle=Index+to+Politicians%3A+Seldenright+to+Semrow&rft.au=Lawrence+Kestenbaum&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpoliticalgraveyard.com%2Fbio%2Fseldenright-semrow.html%23RJH17SQSD&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Jenkins+Semmes" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <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 #DDCEF2;">Legal offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Warren_Mo%C3%AFse" title="Edwin Warren Moïse">Warren Moise</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a 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