Benjamin Fitzpatrick was an American politician, who served as Governor of Alabama and as United States Senator from Alabama as a Democrat. Born in Greene County, Georgia, Fitzpatrick was orphaned and was taken by his sister (Celia Fitzpatrick Baldwin) to Alabama in 1815. Fitzpatrick studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1821, commencing practice in Montgomery, Alabama.

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  • Benjamin Fitzpatrick was an American politician, who served as Governor of Alabama and as United States Senator from Alabama as a Democrat. Born in Greene County, Georgia, Fitzpatrick was orphaned and was taken by his sister (Celia Fitzpatrick Baldwin) to Alabama in 1815. Fitzpatrick studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1821, commencing practice in Montgomery, Alabama. Fitzpatrick served as solicitor of the Montgomery circuit from 1822 to 1823, but moved to his plantation in Autauga County in 1829 and engaged in planting. Fitzpatrick became Governor of Alabama in 1841, serving until 1845, and was appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dixon H. Lewis and served from November 25, 1848, to November 30 1849, when a successor was elected. He was again appointed and subsequently elected to the Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William R. King (who had been elected Vice President of the United States) and served from January 14, 1853 to March 3, 1855. He served in this Congress as Chairman of the Committee on Printing and the Committee on Engrossed Bills. He was elected to the Senate again to fill the vacancy caused by the failure of the legislature to elect his own successor on November 26, 1855. In this role he served several times as President pro tempore of the Senate. In 1860, Fitzpatrick was nominated for vice president of the United States by the wing of the Democratic Party that had nominated Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois for President, but refused the nomination, and ultimately Herschel V. Johnson of Georgia was nominated in his stead. Fitzpatrick withdrew from the Senate on January 21, 1861, following the secession of his home state. Fitzpatrick did not take a particularly active role in the politics of the Confederacy, but did serve as president of the constitutional convention of Alabama in 1865. He died on his plantation near Wetumpka, Alabama, on November 21, 1869, aged 67.
  • Benjamin Fitzpatrick war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Er war der 11. Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Alabama, den er außerdem im US-Senat vertrat.
  • Benjamin Fitzpatrick oli yhdysvaltalainen lakimies ja demokraattisen puolueen poliitikko. Fitzpatrick pääsi Yhdysvaltain senaattiin ensimmäistä kertaa vuonna 1848. Hän toimi Alabaman kuvernöörinä vuosina 1841–1845. Häntä edelsi Arthur P. Bagby ja seurasi Joshua L. Martin. Benjamin Fitzpatrick kuoli Alabamassa 67-vuotiaana. Hän oli historian ensimmäinen 1800-luvun puolella syntynyt Alabaman kuvernööri.
  • Benjamin Fitzpatrick, född 30 juni 1802 i Greene County, Georgia, död 21 november 1869 i Wetumpka, Alabama, var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker. Han var den 11:e guvernören i delstaten Alabama 1841-1845. Han representerade Alabama i 25 november 1848-30 november 1849, 14 januari 1853-3 mars 1855 och 26 november 1855-21 januari 1861. Fitzpatrick studerade juridik och inledde 1821 sin karriär som advokat i Montgomery, Alabama. Han var sedan verksam som plantageägare i Autauga County. Han efterträdde 1841 Arthur P. Bagby som guvernör i Alabama. Han efterträddes fyra år senare av Joshua L. Martin. Senator Dixon Hall Lewis avled 1848 i ämbetet och Fitzpatrick blev utnämnd till senaten. Han efterträddes följande år av Jeremiah Clemens. Senator William R. King avgick i december 1852 på grund av dålig hälsa. King hade blivit invald till i presidentvalet 1852 och avled följande år en kort tid efter att ha tillträtt ämbetet som vicepresident. Fitzpatrick utnämndes till senaten i januari 1853 som Kings efterträdare och han valdes sedan till att stanna kvar i senaten fram till slutet av Kings mandatperiod. Delstatens lagstiftande församling kunde inte enas om en efterträdare till Fitzpatrick efter att mandatperioden löpte ut i mars 1855. Till sist omvaldes Fitzpatrick i november 1855. Fitzpatrick nominerades till Stephen A. Douglas vicepresidentkandidat i presidentvalet 1860 men han tackade nej till nomineringen. Herschel Vespasian Johnson nominerades i stället. Fitzpatrick avgick som senator i januari 1861 i samband med Alabamas utträde ur USA.
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  • Benjamin Fitzpatrick was an American politician, who served as Governor of Alabama and as United States Senator from Alabama as a Democrat. Born in Greene County, Georgia, Fitzpatrick was orphaned and was taken by his sister (Celia Fitzpatrick Baldwin) to Alabama in 1815. Fitzpatrick studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1821, commencing practice in Montgomery, Alabama.
  • Benjamin Fitzpatrick war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Er war der 11. Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Alabama, den er außerdem im US-Senat vertrat.
  • Benjamin Fitzpatrick oli yhdysvaltalainen lakimies ja demokraattisen puolueen poliitikko. Fitzpatrick pääsi Yhdysvaltain senaattiin ensimmäistä kertaa vuonna 1848. Hän toimi Alabaman kuvernöörinä vuosina 1841–1845. Häntä edelsi Arthur P. Bagby ja seurasi Joshua L. Martin. Benjamin Fitzpatrick kuoli Alabamassa 67-vuotiaana. Hän oli historian ensimmäinen 1800-luvun puolella syntynyt Alabaman kuvernööri.
  • Benjamin Fitzpatrick, född 30 juni 1802 i Greene County, Georgia, död 21 november 1869 i Wetumpka, Alabama, var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker. Han var den 11:e guvernören i delstaten Alabama 1841-1845. Han representerade Alabama i 25 november 1848-30 november 1849, 14 januari 1853-3 mars 1855 och 26 november 1855-21 januari 1861. Fitzpatrick studerade juridik och inledde 1821 sin karriär som advokat i Montgomery, Alabama. Han var sedan verksam som plantageägare i Autauga County.
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