William Tredway (American politician)

William Marshall Tredway (August 24, 1807 – May 1, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

William Marshall Tredway
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
Preceded byWalter Coles
Succeeded byThomas Flournoy
Personal details
BornAugust 24, 1807
Prince Edward County, Virginia
DiedMay 1, 1891(1891-05-01) (aged 83)
Chatham, Virginia
Resting placeChatham Cemetery, Chatham, Virginia
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materHampden-Sydney College
Professionlawyer

Early life

Born near Farmville in Prince Edward County, Virginia, Tredway completed preparatory studies. He was graduated from Hampden-Sydney College, Prince Edward County, Virginia, in 1827.[1]

Career

After college studies, Tredway studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Danville, Virginia.[2]

Tredway was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847) with 57.34% of the vote, defeating Whig John D. Cheatham. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress.[3]

He served as delegate to the Democratic State convention in 1850.[4]

In 1850, Tredway was elected to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850. He was one of six delegates elected from the Southside delegate district made up of his home district of Pittsylvania County, as well as Halifax, and Mecklenburg Counties.[5]

He served as member of the secession convention of Virginia in 1861. A conditional Unionist, he voted against secession on April 4 and for secession on April 17 following Lincoln's call for state militia to restore seized Federal property.[6]

Tredway served as judge of the circuit court of Virginia 1870-1879. He resumed the practice of law in Chatham, Virginia.[7]

Death

William Marshall Tredway died on May 1, 1891, in Chatham, Virginia. He was interred in Chatham Cemetery.[8]

References
  1. Congressional Biographical Directory, "William M. Treadway"
  2. Congressional Biographical Directory, "William M. Treadway"
  3. Congressional Biographical Directory, "William M. Treadway"
  4. Congressional Biographical Directory, "William M. Treadway"
  5. Pulliam 1901, p. 99
  6. Virginia Memory: How Secessionist Delegates Voted
  7. Congressional Biographical Directory, "William M. Treadway"
  8. Congressional Biographical Directory, "William M. Treadway"

Bibliography
  • "How Virginia Convention delegates voted on secession, April 4 and April 17…" (PDF). Union or Secession. Library of Virginia. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  • "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present". bioguide.congress.gov. United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  • Pulliam, David Loyd (1901). The Constitutional Conventions of Virginia from the foundation of the Commonwealth to the present time. John T. West, Richmond. ISBN 978-1-2879-2059-5.

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