Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings
Napoleon Giddings | |
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| Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Nebraska Territory's at-large district | |
| In office January 5, 1855 – March 3, 1855 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Bird Chapman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings January 2, 1816 Boonesborough, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | August 3, 1897 (aged 81) |
| Party | Democratic |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States Union |
| Years of service | 1846–1847 1865 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Battles/wars | Mexican–American War American Civil War |
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Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings (January 2, 1816 – August 3, 1897) was a United States congressional delegate from the Nebraska Territory. In addition to his political career, Giddings was a captain in the U.S. Army, a political appointee in the Republic of Texas, an editor of a small town newspaper in Missouri, a 49er in the California Gold Rush and a lawyer in Nebraska. After his political career he served as a colonel in the Union Army during the United States Civil War.