Born in
Richmond, Virginia; attended Washington College (now
Washington and Lee University),
Lexington, Virginia in 1832 and 1833 and
Reynolds' Classical Academy in 1833 and 1834; was graduated from the
University of Virginia at
Charlottesville, Virginia in 1836; moved to Florida in 1837 and engaged in agricultural pursuits near
Tallahassee, Florida. Cabell thus served from October 6, 1845, to January 24, 1846. Cabell ran again and was elected as a
Whig to the
Thirtieth and then re-elected to the
Thirty-first and
Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853), but was an unsuccessful candidate in 1852 for reelection to the
Thirty-third Congress. During his time in Congress he served as chairman of the
Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings during the Thirtieth-Congress. Resumed the practice of law in Tallahassee; moved to
St. Louis, Missouri in 1859, In May–June 1861 served as Missouri Governor C. F. Jackson's secret Commissioner (Ambassador) to the Confederate Government. Subsequently, during the
American Civil War served in the
Confederate Army with rank of
lieutenant colonel; engaged in the practice of law in New York City 1868–1872, and subsequently in St. Louis, Mo.; member of the State senate of Missouri 1878–1882; died in St. Louis, Mo.; interment in
Bellefontaine Cemetery. ==Notes==