Thomas Herndon

Thomas Hord Herndon Jr. (1828-1883) was a lawyer and politician who was a delegate to the Alabama state secession convention in January 1861. During the American Civil War, he commanded the Thirty-sixth Alabama Infantry Regiment from May 1862 to April 1865. He later served in Alabama House of Representatives (1876-77) and then represented Alabama's First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1879-1883).

Portrait of Thomas Herndon, Alabama politician
Photo courtesy of Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Portrait of Thomas Herndon, Alabama politician