QUITMAN, ANTHONY. LL.D., 17994858; b. N.Y. ; tutor at Hartwick academy, near Cooperstown, in 1815; professor of English literature at :Mount Airy college, Ger mantmvn, Penn., in 1817; walked to Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1818, and entered a law office, supporting himself by teaching; afterward a clerk in the U. S. land office, Dela ware, Ohio, and admitted to the bar. In 1821 he removed to Natchez, :Miss.; was elected in 1827 member of the legislature, and became imminent in the politics of the state; chancellor of the superior court 1828-31 and 1832-34. In 1834 he was chosen president of the state senate. In 1836, withdrawing from political life, he went with a small party to assist the Texans in their struggle for independence. On the capture of Santa Anna he returned to Natchez, resumed his law practice. and filled several impor tant public positions, besides superintending large sugar and cotton plantations. In 1829 1:e visited Europe, and on his return was appointed judge of the high court of errors and appeals. In July, 1846, he was appointed by president Polk brig.gen. of volunteers in
the U. S. army; distinguished himself at Monterey by a successful attack on fort Ten. eriee; commanded at the siege of Vera Cruz, and after the battle of Cerro Gordo was part of the advance under gen. Worth that took the city of Pueblo. He was brevetted inaj.gen. for gallantry at Monterey, and received a sword from congress. Ile distin guished himself at Chapultepee and the Belen gate, and was appointed by gen. Scott governor of the city of Mexico. In 1850 he was elected governor of Mississippi. Ile was charged with combining with gen. Lopez to organize an expedition to Cuba; but evidence for the prosecution was lacking. In 1855 he was chosen to congress, and in 185'1 re-elected, being put at time head of the military committee. He was prominent in debate, and a decided adherent of Calhoun and his political doctrines.