Fletcher Stockdale

Fletcher Stockdale
Acting Governor of Texas
In office
June 11, 1865  June 16, 1865
Preceded byPendleton Murrah
Succeeded byAndrew Jackson Hamilton
9th Lieutenant Governor of Texas
In office
November 5, 1863  June 16, 1865
GovernorPendleton Murrah
Preceded byJohn McClannahan Crockett
Succeeded byGeorge Washington Jones
Personal details
Born
Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale

1823 (1823)
Russellville, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedFebruary 4, 1890(1890-02-04) (aged 66–67)
Cuero, Texas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
Elizabeth Pryor Bankhead Lytle
(m. 1857; died 1865)
    Elizabeth Schleicher
    (m. 1877)
    Children3
    ProfessionPolitician, lawyer, railroad official

    Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale (c. 1823 – 4 February 1890) was an American politician, lawyer, and railroad official who served as the acting governor of Texas in 1865 and as the ninth lieutenant governor of Texas from 1863 to 1865.