David T. Corbin Explained

David T. Corbin
Birth Name:David Timothy Corbin
Birth Date:11 August 1833
Death Place:Chicago, Illinois
Burial Place:Rosehill Cemetery
Occupation:Military officer, lawyer, politician

David Timothy Corbin (August 11, 1833 – December 8, 1905) was a Reconstruction era lawyer, officer in the Union Army, prisoner of war, U.S. Attorney, state senator, U.S. Senator-elect,[1] and judge in South Carolina.[2] [3] He was from Vermont and came south with the Freedmen's Bureau to Charleston, South Carolina.[4]

As a U.S. attorney in South Carolina he prosecuted the Ku Klux Klan Trials in that state.[5] [6] In 1872 he testified before a joint congressional committee.[7]

He was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate, and was afterwards nominated to be chief justice of the Utah Territory but not confirmed. He moved to Chicago and practiced law there. He is buried there.

The South Carolina Historical Society has a collection of his papers.[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Credentials of David T. Corbin, of South Carolina . . 2 . Feb 14, 1877 . 2024-01-27 . NewspaperArchive.
  2. Web site: Memorials of deceased companions of the Commandery of the State of Illinois, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of. Illinois. June 17, 1912. Google Books.
  3. Web site: Vermont Civil War, Lest We Forget. vermontcivilwar.org.
  4. Book: Martin, Samuel J.. Southern Hero: Matthew Calbraith Butler, Confederate General, Hampton Red Shirt, and U.S. Senator. June 17, 2001. Stackpole Books. 9780811708999 . 179 . 2024-01-27 . Google Books.
  5. Book: West, Jerry Lee. The Reconstruction Ku Klux Klan in York County, South Carolina, 1865-1877. January 1, 2002. McFarland. 9780786412587. Google Books.
  6. Book: Argument of Hon. D.T. Corbin in the trial of the Ku-Klux, before the United States Circuit Court: November term, 1871--held at Columbia, South Carolina.. June 17, 1872. Chronicle Pub. Co.. 23780515. Open WorldCat.
  7. Web site: Report of the Joint Select Committee to Inquire Into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, Made to the Two Houses of Congress February 19, 1872: Testimony, South Carolina. June 17, 1872. U.S. Government Printing Office. Google Books.
  8. https://schistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Corbin-David-T.-1019.0.pdf David T. Corbin papers

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