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'''Franklin Barlow Sexton''' (April 29, 1828 – May 15, 1900) was a politician from [[Texas]] who served in the [[Confederate Congress]] during the [[American Civil War]]. Sexton was born in [[New Harmony, Indiana]], in rural [[Posey County, Indiana|Posey County]], the only child of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Sexton. In 1838, the family moved from Indiana and resettled in [[San Augustine, Texas]]. There, his father died when Franklin was 13 years old. Sexton briefly served as an apprentice to a local printer, and then enrolled in the local Methodist academy (Wesleyan College) and studied law. He was granted his license to practice law in 1848 by special legislative action. He established a legal practice in San Augustine and became active in local political circles. In 1852, he married Eliza Richardson, daughter of a prominent [[Sabine County, Texas|Sabine County]] landowner. The couple had 12 children. Sexton became a member of the [[Freemason]] movement, serving in 1856 as Grand Master. In April 1860, Sexton was elected as president of the Texas State Democratic Convention. He presided over the convention, which passed resolutions regarding [[states rights]] and reaffirming the institution of [[slavery]]. The following year, with the outbreak of the Civil War and Texas's [[secession]], Sexton briefly joined the [[Confederate States Army]], but resigned after being elected to fill a vacancy in the State Senate. In 1862, he was elected to the [[First Confederate Congress]] as a representative from Texas's 4th District and left home in July to travel to [[Richmond, Virginia]], to assume his duties, arriving in mid-August. He worked with the War Department to improve the conditions of the average soldier in the field. Sexton was reelected to a second term in 1863, serving until the fall of the Confederacy in the spring of 1865 and the dissolution of the Congress. He was one of only two Texans to be elected to both terms. Returning to San Augustine after the war, Sexton resumed his legal practice and involvement with the Masons. In 1870, served as Grand Commander of the [[Knights Templar]] of Texas. He moved his family to [[Marshall, Texas]], in 1872 and established a profitable practice there representing the railroad. When the state authorized construction of a new Capitol building in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], Sexton was selected to deliver an address at the ceremony for the laying of the cornerstone. He was a delegate to the 1876 [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], where he made an impassioned speech supporting [[Samuel J. Tilden]]. After his wife died, Sexton moved in with one of his daughters at [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]]. He was appointed a [[judge]] on the state Supreme Court and later served as a United States commissioner. Sexton died in El Paso and was buried in [[Marshall, Texas]]. In 1923, Sexton's diary recording his first two years in the [[Confederate Congress]] was discovered, providing a rare glimpse into the inner workings of that body. ==References== <div class="references-small"> * [http://www.tshaonline.org/publications/journals/shq/online/v038/n4/contrib_DIVL3963.html Mary S. Estill, F. B. Sexton, "Diary of a Confederate Congressman, 1862-1863", Volume 38, Number 4, Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online, Handbook of Texas Online] * [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/SS/fse14_print.html Biography at Handbook of Texas Online] </div> {{start box}} {{s-par|us-tx-sen}} {{TXSenateSuccession box | district = 15 | hometown = | before=[[James M. Burroughs]] | after=[[Henry C. Wallace (Texas politician)|Henry C. Wallace]] | years=1863–1865 }} {{end box}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sexton, Franklin}} [[Category:1828 births]] [[Category:1900 deaths]] [[Category:Texas State Senators]] [[Category:Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Texas]] [[Category:People from New Harmony, Indiana]]
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