Thomas Jenkins Semmes
 Thomas Jenkins Semmes (December 16 1824 – June 23 1899) was a lawyer and politician in the state of Louisiana who served in the Confederate States Senate during much of the American Civil War.Semmes was born in Washington D.C. He studied law passed the bar exam and established a practice in New Orleans Louisiana. Semmes served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives the state attorney general and was a delegate to the Louisiana secession convention in 1861.