C. A. Brougher

Charles Albert Brougher was an American politician. He was the 14th and 16th Secretary of State of Mississippi, serving from 1860 to 1865 and 1865 to 1869.

Biography

Brougher was born on June 19, 1824, in Morgan County, Alabama. He was the son of politician Frederick Brougher and Mary Ann Brougher. He graduated from Gettysburg College in 1846, then worked as an educator from 1846 to 1849. He read law in Ripley, Mississippi and was admitted to the bar in 1852.
Brougher was appointed to the office of Secretary of State of Mississippi on January or April 16, 1860, to fill in the vacancy left by the death of B. R. Webb, who died on January 16, six days after he was appointed. Brougher was re-elected in October 1863. His tenure in office ended when Union Army colonel Alexander Warner was appointed Secretary of State by the military, in June 1865. After Warner's removal from the office in August 1865, Brougher was re-elected to the office in October of the same year. He served until September 1869 and was succeeded by Henry Musgrove.
Brougher married Marie Louisa Earle on May 23, 1857. He died of an unknown disease on November 25, 1891, aged 67, at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. He was the paternal grandfather of military officer William E. Brougher.