chambers jefferson chambers december september american surveyor lawyer politician born kentucky moved texas join state war independence mexico chambers stayed texas independence annexation united_states earning living surveyor farmer american civil war served briefly confederate army returned farming business interests owner bank hometown 1870s chambers concerned farming monetary issues politics eventually joining nascent ran unsuccessfully vice president ticket presidential nominee iowa nominees finished distant place receiving popular vote electoral votes election chambers remained active politics texas party demise late 1880s died home early life born kentucky son walker chambers chambers lived father kentucky farm years life followed uncle texas elder chambers lived texas raised regiment join commissioned nephew captain aide camp helping uncle recruit soldiers kentucky departed texas arrived late action chambers discharged texas army remained state surveyor southern state year appointed deputy surveyor north central texas trinity rivers area little white settlement time chambers narrowly escaped indian attacks occasions chambers continued work surveyor 1840s engaging land speculation promoted district surveyor acquired acres land johnson counties devoted land farming donated lots erection county seat lawyer developed sizable law practice chambers married times died year secondly died year finally chambers children survived infancy wives wife children mary patrick isabella business political career election republican abraham_lincoln president united_states chambers democrat served committees drafted resolutions opposed lincoln racial equality supported texas union newly formed confederacy years old subsequent outbreak civil war immediately enlist confederacy military draft chambers thought exemption wrote confederate president protest enlist months 1st regiment saw action war chambers returned farming half owner bank time chambers largest landowner actively promoted dallas working unsuccessfully railroad stock available local citizens chambers political opinions war concerned government debt article chambers argued interest bearing national debts general policy running democrat elected delegate texas constitutional convention proposed constitution emerged primarily attempt reverse changes republicans reconstruction chambers opposed adoption reason taxation thrown property suffrage given man opposed homestead exemption protect class demands class constitution adopted majority party democratic_party platform endorse views chambers quit party new called begun organize texas positions better suited chambers joined words author anticipated years progressive legislation quarter twentieth century platform advocated hour work day safety regulations factories prohibition child labor prominent position derived support continued issuance dollar civil war congress authorized new form money gold government bonds helped finance war government gold supply pace expanding costs maintaining armies crisis passed parties especially east wanted return nation currency gold standard soon possible passed ordered gradually withdrawn replaced gold backed currency beginning time economic depression expensive pay debts contracted currency valuable farmers laborers especially return gold silver believing increased money supply restore wages property values major party willing endorse inflation partisans loose money joined new faction chambers rose quickly new party leadership serving delegate state convention july initially candidate state land commissioner chambers withdrew august year allow republican win unanimous nomination nominated instead seat state legislature elected legislature year chambers campaign chambers published pamphlet attacking democratic candidates calling congress create sufficient paper money making equal gold silver legal tender debts help election pamphlet widely circulated party raised chambers profile election coalition chambers affiliated faction prominent south west called led faction radical emphasized independence suggesting likely sell party time democrats chambers chosen delegate faction national convention delegates nominated new_york president chambers vice president accepting nomination chambers called unity factions belief party goals attacked promote views purchased small newspaper spoke state convention texas eastern oriented faction called held convention chicago june chambers attended faction hoping heal party split factions resolved differences wrote joint platform agreed admit delegates stepped aside allow nomination iowa civil war general congressman chambers proposed vice president reunited party mississippi chambers victorious ballot votes west moved nomination unanimous chambers gave speeches way texas banks defending admission convention simply body men enlisted cause human rights official acceptance letter called expansion currency immigration restriction help compete chinese labor railroad grants july reaching home chambers fell exited train texas broke ribs confined bed weeks considered withdrawing race decided efforts limited injuries contribution campaign publish newspaper renamed high hopes election disappointed result chambers won votes popular vote carry single state electoral college post election life chambers remained active politics election served chairman received party endorsement governor unsuccessful chambers worried party disorganized hope successful rally jones ran governor chambers broke question state lease public lands let use payment chambers favored option criticized party presidential nominee year massachusetts attacking offering suggestions reform election chambers little involvement politics fell apart ideas members found home arose early 1890s chambers foray politics letters newspaper condemned corporations suggested laws creating repealed encouraged growth old age ill health kept active member chambers died home september buried
Barzillai J. Chambers