Mahone, William, 1826-1895

found: NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Bocock, T.S. Papers, 1760-1897(Mahone, William, 1826-1895)

found: WWWA, Hist. Vol.:p. 330 (Mahone, William; he was an engineer, army officer; U.S. senator; leader of Va. Republican Party; leader of the Readjustors)

found: The express question, 1874:t.p. (Wm. Mahone, president, Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio R.R. Co.)

found: Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed April 8, 2024(Mahone, William, a Senator from Virginia; born in Southampton County, Va., December 1, 1826; graduated from the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington in 1847; taught two years at the Rappahannock Military Academy; became a civil engineer with the Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad and rose to president, chief engineer, and superintendent; joined the Confederate Army and took part in the capture of Norfolk Navy Yard; was commissioned brigadier general and major general in 1864; at the close of the Civil War returned to railroad engineering, and became president of the Norfolk and Western; elected to the United States Senate as a Readjuster and subsequently joined the Republican Party; served from March 4, 1881, until March 3, 1887; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1887; died in Washington, D.C., October 8, 1895; interment in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Va.)