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'''Thomas Stanley Bocock''' (May 18, 1815 – August 5, 1891) was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from [[Virginia]]. After serving as an [[Antebellum era|antebellum]] [[United States Congress]]man, he was the [[Congress of the Confederate States|Speaker of the Confederate States House of Representatives]] during most of the [[American Civil War]] ==Biography== Born at Buckingham Court House in [[Buckingham, Virginia]], Bocock was educated by private teachers as a child. He went on to graduate from [[Hampden-Sydney College]] in 1838, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1840, commencing practice in Buckingham Court House. He was a member of the [[Virginia House of Delegates]] from 1842 to 1844 and was the [[Prosecutor|prosecuting attorney]] for [[Appomattox County, Virginia]], in 1845 and 1846. Bocock was elected a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1846, serving from 1847 to 1861. There he served as chairman of the [[United States House Committee on Armed Services|Committee on Naval Affairs]] from 1853 to 1855 and again from 1857 to 1859. In 1859, Bocock was nominated for [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]], but withdrew after eight weeks of debate and multiple ballots failed to elect a speaker.<ref>[http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMKC4 Virginia Historical Marker MG-3 for Bocock]</ref> Following the start of the Civil War and Virginia's [[secession]], Bocock was elected a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[Congress of the Confederate States|Confederate States House of Representatives]] in 1861, serving until the end of the war in 1865. He was a member of the unicameral [[Provisional Confederate Congress]], as well as the succeeding [[First Confederate Congress|First]] and [[Second Confederate Congress]]es. He was Speaker of the Confederate States House of Representatives from 1862 to 1865. After the war ended, Bocock served in House of Delegates again from 1877 to 1879 and was a delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]] in 1868, 1876 and 1880. He died in Appomattox County, Virginia, on August 5, 1891, and was interred at Old Bocock Cemetery near his [[plantation]], "Wildway." ==References== *{{CongBio|B000582}} Retrieved on 2009-04-29 *{{findagrave|11350614}} Retrieved on 2009-04-29 ==Notes== {{reflist}} {{start box}} {{S-par|us-hs}} {{USRepSuccessionBox | state=Virginia | district=4 | before=[[Edmund W. Hubard]] | after= [[William Goode]] | years=March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853 }} {{USRepSuccessionBox | state=Virginia | district=5 | before=[[Paulus Powell]] | after= [[Robert Ridgway (congressman)|Robert Ridgway]]<sup>(1)</sup> | years=March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861 }} {{s-par|cs-hs}} |- {{s-non|rows=3|reason=None}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Provisional Confederate Congress|Representative to the Provisional Confederate Congress from Virginia]] | years=1861 – 1862}} {{s-non|rows=3|reason=None}} |- {{s-ttl|title=Member of the [[Congress of the Confederate States|C.S. House of Representatives]]<br/>from [[Virginia]] | years=February 18, 1862 – May 10, 1865}} |- {{s-ttl|title=[[Congress of the Confederate States|Speaker of the Confederate States House of Representatives]] | years=February 18, 1862 – May 10, 1865}} {{s-ref|Because of [[Virginia]]'s secession, the House seat was vacant for almost nine years before Ridgway succeeded Bocock.}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bocock, Thomas S.}} [[Category:1815 births]] [[Category:1891 deaths]] [[Category:Members of the Virginia House of Delegates]] [[Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia]] [[Category:Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Virginia]] [[Category:Virginia lawyers]] [[Category:Virginia Democrats]] [[Category:Deputies and delegates of the Provisional Confederate Congress]] [[Category:Hampden-Sydney College alumni]] [[Category:People from Buckingham County, Virginia]] [[Category:People from Appomattox County, Virginia]] {{Virginia-politician-stub}} [[de:Thomas Stanley Bocock]] [[nl:Thomas Stanley Bocock]]
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