Albert Pike
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Albert Pike (December 29, 1809April 2, 1891) was an American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and
Confederate States Army general who served as an
associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in exile from 1864 to 1865. He had previously served as a senior
officer of the Confederate States Army, commanding the District of
Indian Territory in the
Trans-Mississippi Theater. A prominent member of the
Freemasons, Pike served as the Sovereign Grand Commander of the
Supreme Council, Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction from 1859 to 1891.
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