Stephen Mallory II

Stephen Russell Mallory Jr. (November 2, 1848 – December 23, 1907) was a U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative from Florida who served as a Democrat. He was the son of U.S. Senator Stephen Russell Mallory.

Stephen Russell Mallory Jr.
United States Senator from Florida
In office May 15, 1897 – December 23, 1907
Preceded by	Wilkinson Call
Succeeded by	William J. Bryan
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 1st district
In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895
Preceded by	Robert H. M. Davidson
Succeeded by	Stephen M. Sparkman
Member of the Florida Senate
In office 1880
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
In office 1876
Personal details
Born	(1848-11-02)November 2, 1848 Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Died	December 23, 1907(1907-12-23) (aged 59) Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Military service
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Branch/service	Confederate States Army  Confederate States Navy
Rank	Midshipman (navy)
Battles/wars	American Civil War

He was born in Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina. During the American Civil War he entered the Confederate Army in the fall of 1864; appointed midshipman in the Confederate Navy in the spring of 1865 and served until the end of the war; graduated from Georgetown College, Washington, D.C., in 1869, where he then served as instructor in Latin and Greek until 1871; studied law; admitted to the bar in Louisiana in 1872 and commenced practice in New Orleans; moved to Pensacola, Florida, in 1874 and continued the practice of law; member, Florida House of Representatives 1876; member, Florida Senate 1880, and reelected in 1884; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second United States Congress and Fifty-third United States Congress (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895); was not a candidate for renomination in 1894; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1897, subsequently appointed and then elected to the Senate in 1903, and served from May 15, 1897, until his death in Pensacola, Florida, December 23, 1907; chairman, Committee on Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Sixtieth United States Congress); interment in St. Michael's Cemetery.[1]