Allen T. Caperton

Allen T. Caperton
United States Senator
from West Virginia
In office
March 4, 1875 – July 26, 1876
Preceded byArthur Boreman
Succeeded bySamuel Price
Confederate States Senator
from Virginia
In office
January 22, 1864 – May 10, 1865
Preceded byWilliam B. Preston
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Monroe County
In office
December 7, 1857 – December 2, 1861
Preceded byAlexander Clarke
Succeeded byWilson Lively
In office
December 6, 1841 – December 5, 1842
Preceded byAugustus A. Chapman
Succeeded byWilliam Adair
Personal details
Born
Allen Taylor Caperton

(1810-11-21)November 21, 1810
Union, Virginia, U.S.
(now West Virginia)
DiedJuly 26, 1876(1876-07-26) (aged 65)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materUniversity of Virginia
Yale University

Allen Taylor Caperton (November 21, 1810 – July 26, 1876) was an American politician who was a United States senator from the State of West Virginia in 1875–1876. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He had been in the Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia State Senate before the American Civil War. During the Civil War, he was a Confederate States senator.