Fitzpatrick withdrew from the Senate on January 21, 1861, following the secession of his home state. Confederacy Fitzpatrick did not take a particularly active role in the politics of the Confederacy, although he served as president of the constitutional convention of Alabama in 1865. Death He died on his plantation near Wetumpka, Alabama, on November 21, 1869, aged 67. References External links |- |- |- |- |- |- 1802 births 1869 deaths Democratic Party (United States) vice presidential nominees Democratic Party governors of Alabama Democratic Party United States senators from Alabama Governors of Alabama People from Greene County, Georgia Politicians from Montgomery, Alabama Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate 1860 United States vice-presidential candidates 19th-century American politicians