CAPERTON, Allen T., 1810-1876
Statesman, Final Year, 1828.
Senator Caperton was a native of Virginia, having been born on the 21st of November, 1810, in Monroe County, Virginia, but now West Virginia.
His early education was received in Huntsville, Alabama, at Yale, and at the University of Virginia. He left the University in 1828, and was graduated from Yale College in 1832. He began the practice of the law in Staunton, Virginia, where he was thrown in contact with the leading lawyers of the State. He soon returned to his native County, where he at once became a prominent man in his section. He was made a director of the James River and Kanawha Canal, and was elected to the Legislature of Virginia. He was a member of the Convention of 1861, and opposed secession. In 1863 he was a Senator in the Confederate Congress. After the war he took a lively interest in the development and prosperity of his State, and in 1875 was elected United States Senator.
He died during his term of office in Washington, D.C., on the 26th of July, 1876.
