Francis H. Pierpont

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Francis H. Pierpont was an American lawyer and politician known as the "Father of West Virginia" for leading the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War and helping create the state of West Virginia.

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Francis H. Pierpont canonical 1
Francis Harrison Pierpont 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Fairmont, West Virginia, United States ⓘ
commemoratedBy statue in the United States Capitol ⓘ
statue on the grounds of the West Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1814-01-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1899-03-24 ⓘ
educatedAt Allegheny College ⓘ
University of Virginia School of Law ⓘ
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
familyName Pierpont ⓘ
fieldOfWork law ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
givenName Francis ⓘ
heritage American of English descent ⓘ
historicalRegionAssociatedWith Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
honorificTitle Father of West Virginia ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for the separation of northwestern Virginia counties into West Virginia ⓘ
efforts to reorganize the government of Virginia loyal to the Union ⓘ
support for the Union during the American Civil War ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legalTraining read law and formal legal study ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party

Unionist faction during the American Civil War ⓘ
name Francis Harrison Pierpont ⓘ
linked to: Francis H. Pierpont
nickname Father of West Virginia ⓘ
notableFor leadership of the Restored Government of Virginia during the American Civil War ⓘ
role in the creation of the state of West Virginia ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participatedIn American Civil War ⓘ
Unionist political movement in Virginia ⓘ
placeOfBirth Monongalia County, Virginia, United States ⓘ
area now in West Virginia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Virginia ⓘ
Governor of the Restored Government of Virginia ⓘ
member of the West Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
residence Alexandria, Virginia, United States ⓘ
Fairmont, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States ⓘ
Richmond, Virginia, United States ⓘ
linked to: Richmond, Virginia

Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Julia Augusta Robertson Pierpont ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fairmont, West Virginia → hasNotablePerson → Francis H. Pierpont ⓘ
Francis H. Pierpont → name → Francis Harrison Pierpont ⓘ
linked to: Francis H. Pierpont