Matt W. Ransom
Former U.S. senator
Matthew Whitaker Ransom was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1872 and 1895. Wikipedia
Born: October 8, 1826, Warren County, NC
Died: October 8, 1904 (age 78 years), Garysburg, NC
Party: Democratic Party
Previous offices: United States Ambassador to Mexico (1895–1897), Senator (1872–1895), and North Carolina Attorney General (1853–1855)
Siblings: Robert Ransom Jr.
Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill