Felix Ives Batson

Felix Ives Batson (September 6, 1819 – March 11, 1871) was a prominent American lawyer and politician from Arkansas.

Born in Dickson County, Tennessee, he later moved to Clarksville, Arkansas and established a law practice.

Batson defeated well known Arkansas politician Hugh French Thomason to win election in November 1861.

[2] In the first Congress, Batson served on the Inauguration, Military Affairs and Territories and Public Lands committees.

[6] His only daughter, Emma, married Jordan Edgar Cravens, a Colonel in the Confederate Army who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1877 to 1883.