After the war, he was politically active in the Ku Klux Klan, serving as a Grand Dragon.[1]. Senator and Mary Lucinda Pettus Brother of Mary Newell Lacy; Lucy aka Virginia Pettus and Francis Leigh Pettus. When the garrison surrendered on July 4, Pettus was again a prisoner until his exchange on September 12. In 1896, at the age of 75, Pettus ran for U.S. Senate as a Democrat and won, beating incumbent James L. Pugh. A three-time prisoner of war (he escaped once and was in a prisoner exchange twice), he was seriously wounded days before the Confederacy surrendered. President Obama's 2015 Selma Address Full Text | Stephen Somerstein 'Freedom Journey 1965' Images | Stefan Sharff's Documentary Of 3rd Selma March, Maria Fernanda Alvarez by Dorian Lopez for Vogue Mexico November 2020, Greg Delves Captures More Tiffany & Co Holiday 2020 Spirit | Tiffany 2025 Sustainability Goals, Selfridge's Project Earth: Let's Change the Way We Shop | Vintage on HTSI Magazine, Naomi Campbell by Ethan James Green Covers Vogue US November 2020, Viviane Sassen Takes Louis Vuitton Lovers to Iceland in Imaginary Nature Escape, Megan Rapinoe + Cleo Wade in Tiffany Style Session: Tiffany Hardwear, Brynn Heminway Launches 'Display Copy' Style Only for Upcycled + Vintage Designs, Taylor Hill Fronts Isabel Marant FW 2020 Campaign by Mark Rabadan, British Royal Ballet's Francesca Hayward by Liz Collins for Vanity Fair "On Jewellery' Fall 2020, Africa Penalver Stars in 'Reserva Natural' by Boo George for Vogue España November 2020, Eduardo Miera Explores Lorquian Purity in Marie Claire España November 2020, Lachlan Bailey Captures Calvin Klein FW 2020 | Linh Peters New CMO, Regina King, Schiaparelli Join Christies to Support Obama Foundation Girls Opportunity Alliance, Sarah Dahl by Marco van Rijt at 'House of Finn Juhl' for Vogue Czech November 2020, Amrit Shares Her 'My India is Global' Life in Vogue India October 2020, Marion Cotillard Collaborates On Chopard Ethical Jewellery Capsule, Kym Ellery Invites Duran Lantink To Spring 2021 Repurposing Deadstock Collab, Winnie Harlow Covers FASHION Magazine, Lensed in Joshua Tree by Greg Swales, Janaya Future Khan for AnOther Magazine FW 2020.21 | Janelle Monáe Interview, V Magazine's V127 V Is for Vote Issue | 12 Covers, 45 Creative Activists, Kerby Jean-Raymond: Awards Galore, Big Gig at Reebok, Your Friends In New York, Princeton Announces (Mellody) Hobson College, the First to Honor A Black Woman, Stella McCartney's 2021 Sustainability Message by Mert & Marcus 'A to Z', Kirsten Owen Farming in Vermont by Alex Webb for Vogue US October 2020, Emma Mackey in 'Lessons Learned' by Ben Weller for Porter Magazine Oct 5, 2020, Imaan Hammam by Hassan Hajjaj for Vanity Fair US | Interview by Safy-Hallan Farah, Actor Jodie Turner-Smith On Black Creatives, A New Baby, Playing a Navy Seal for Porter Edit Sept. 21, 2020, House Passes The Crown Act Prohibiting Discrimination Against Natural Hairstyles, Debora Spanhol's 'Feet firmly on the ground' Racial Unity for Vogue Portugal, BLM Is NOT Anti-Religious: Faith and Spirituality Run Deep in Black Lives Matter. [8], In 1861, Pettus, an enthusiastic champion of the Confederate cause and of slavery, was a Democratic Party delegate to the secession convention in Mississippi, where his brother John was serving as governor. The state legislature, rather than state voters, elected United States Senators then. [7], By 1853, he returned to Alabama, serving again in the seventh circuit as solicitor. Pettus was regarded as a hero in his native state and adopted hometown of Selma, a lawyer and statesman who served as a U.S. senator. across the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama.Built in 1940, it is named after Edmund Winston Pettus, a former Confederate brigadier general, U.S. senator, and leader of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan.The bridge is a steel through arch bridge with a central span of 250 feet (76 m). He served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, commanding infantry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. But he was also a decorated Confederate general and a leader in the Alabama Ku Klux Klan. Pettus was captured at Vicksburg -- where his “daring and courage” was described as “legendary” -- and served in battles at Lookout Mountain in Tennessee and Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia. Edmund Winston Pettus (born July 6, 1821 â July 27, 1907) was an American politician who represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1897 to 1907.
After the war, Edmund Pettus returned to Alabama and resumed his law practice in Selma. The U.S. is still the hardest-hit nation with 1,125 deaths, but the U.S. is not alone. Originally written on March 7, 2015.
Alabama still maintains one of the highest tax rates in the nation for alcohol, public utilities and sales taxes. For other uses, see. Edmund Pettus was born in 1821 in Limestone County, Alabama. More Alabamians were hospitalized with COVID-19 during this first week of November than any day since early September. At the time, Selma “would’ve been a place where place names were about [black people’s] degradation,” says Alabama historian Wayne Flynt. "[6] As a U.S. There were hopeful gains in some areas, and the numbers, while abysmal in the majority of the state, painted a picture of a pathway back to relevancy. Shortly afterward he settled in Gainesville and began practicing as a lawyer. All rights reserved for writing and editorial content. [2] On March 4, 1897, he began service in the U.S. Senate. Thanks to Norwood Kerr at the Alabama Department of Archives and History, for research assistance. Pettus then relocated to the now extinct town of Cahaba[4] in Dallas County, Alabama, where he again took up work as a lawyer. “It’s a sort of in-your-face reminder of who runs this place.”, In the program book commemorating the dedication, Pettus is recalled as “a great Alabamian.” Of the occasion, it was written, “And so today the name of Edmund Winston Pettus rises again with this great bridge to serve Selma, Dallas County Alabama and one of the nation’s great highways.”. Pettus said in a statement to his troops on April 28, 1865, three weeks after Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House: You have now served your country faithfully for more than three years. "[6] As a U.S.