serviceyears branch death_date allegiance term birth_date alma_mater death_place preceded battles rank name succeeded birth_place jr/sr party state district article_title
1861-1865 confederate states army 15 december 1892 united states of america confederate states of america march , 1892 march 4 , 1875 & ndash ; march 4 3 , 1883 , 1883 & ndash ; december 15 10 september 1832 yale university hot springs , arkansas william p. kellogg effingham lawrence american civil war 35px brigadier general randall l. gibson donelson caffery carleton hunt versailles , kentucky united states senator democrat louisiana louisiana 1st randall l. gibson

randall l. gibson

randall lee gibson -lrb- september 10 , 1832 -- december 15 , 1892 -rrb- was an attorney and politician , elected as a member of the house of representatives and u.s. senator from louisiana .
he served as a brigadier general in the confederate states army .
later he was a regent of the smithsonian institution , and a president of the board of administrators of tulane university .
