Bratton served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1865 . He represented Fairfield in the South Carolina Senate in 1866 . He served as chairman of the South Carolina delegation in the 1876 Democratic National Convention . He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880 . Bratton was elected comptroller general of South Carolina by the legislature , to fill a vacancy , in 1881 . Bratton was elected to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John H. Evins and served from December 8 , 1884 , to March 3 , 1885 . He was not a candidate for renomination in 1884
1876 Democratic National Convention
1876 Democratic National Convention
John Bratton