David Funsten

David Funsten (October 14, 1819 – April 6, 1866) was a Congressman serving the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.

Funsten was born in Clarke County, Virginia. He represented Clarke and Warren Counties in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1844 and 1845. He later served in the Confederate States Army and was elected to the First Confederate Congress in a special election to replace William "Extra Billy" Smith, another Confederate officer who had resigned to return to his regiment. Funsten was then elected to serve in the Second Confederate Congress.

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• Political Graveyard entry