Editing Albert Rust (section)

{{Short description|American politician}}
{{for|the French footballer|Albert Rust (footballer)}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2017}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name            = Albert Rust
| image           = Albert Rust (Arkansas Congressman).jpg
| office          = Delegate from [[Arkansas]]<br />to the [[Provisional Congress of the Confederate States|Provisional Congress<br />of the Confederate States]]
| alongside       = {{unbulleted list|[[Robert Ward Johnson|Robert W. Johnson]]|[[Hugh French Thomason|H. F. Thomason]]|[[William Wirt Watkins|W. W. Watkins]]|[[Augustus Hill Garland|A. H. Garland]]}}
| term_start      = May 18, 1861
| term_end        = February 17, 1862
| predecessor     = ''New constituency''
| successor       = ''Constituency abolished''
| office2         = Member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Arkansas]]'s [[Arkansas's 2nd congressional district|2nd]] District
| term_start2     = March 4, 1859
| term_end2       = March 3, 1861
| predecessor2    = [[Edward A. Warren]]
| successor2      = ''None'' (1861–1868)<br />{{nowrap|[[James M. Hinds]] (Jun.–Oct. 1868)}}
| term_start3     = March 4, 1855
| term_end3       = March 3, 1857
| predecessor3    = Edward A. Warren
| successor3      = Edward A. Warren
| office4         = Member of the<br />[[Arkansas House of Representatives]]<br />from [[Union County, Arkansas|Union County]]
| alongside4      = {{unbulleted list|T. Bustian|A. T. Raney|D. Ross}}
| term_start4     = November 1, 1852
| term_end4       = November 6, 1854
| predecessor4    = {{unbulleted list|L. Murph|C. L. McRae|Shelton Watson}}
| successor4      = {{unbulleted list|B. R. Matthews|G. Newton|W. E. Powell|John Prince}}
| office6         = Member of the<br />[[Arkansas House of Representatives]]<br />from [[Union County, Arkansas|Union County]]
| term_start6     = November 7, 1842
| term_end6       = November 4, 1848
| predecessor6    = Hiram Smith
| successor6      = {{unbulleted list|M. Kesse|J. Reynolds|Shelton Watson}}
| order5          = 7th
| office5         = Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives
| governor5       = [[Thomas Stevenson Drew|Thomas S. Drew]]
| term_start5     = November 2, 1846
| term_end5       = November 4, 1848
| predecessor5    = [[John Selden Roane|John S. Roane]]
| successor5      = Edward A. Warren
| birth_date      = {{circa|1818|lk=yes}}
| birth_place     = [[Fauquier County, Virginia]], U.S.
| death_date      = {{death date and age|1870|04|04|1818}} 
| death_place     = [[Pulaski County, Arkansas]], U.S.
| death_cause     = [[Brain abscess]]
| party           = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| relatives       = Dr. [[George W. Rust]] (brother)
| allegiance      = [[Confederate States of America|Confederate States]]
| branch          = [[Confederate States Army]]
| branch_label    = [[Military branch|Branch]]
| rank            = [[Brigadier general|Brigadier-General]]
| serviceyears    = 1861–1865
| commands        = {{unbulleted list|[[3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Confederate States)|3d Arkansas Infantry Regiment]] (1861–62)|Rust's Brigade (1862–63)}}
| battles         = {{tree list}}
* [[American Civil War]]
** [[Battle of Cheat Mountain]]
** [[Battle of Hancock]]
** [[Battle of Cotton Plant|Action at Hill's Plantation]]
** [[Second Battle of Corinth|Battle of Corinth]]
{{tree list/end}}
| battles_label   = Battles
}}
'''Albert Rust''' ({{circa|1818|lk=yes}}{{spaced ndash}}April 4, 1870) was an American politician and slaveholder,<ref name="WaPo 012022">{{cite news |last1=Weil |first1=Julie Zauzmer |last2=Blanco |first2=Adrian |last3=Dominguez |first3=Leo |title=More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2022/congress-slaveowners-names-list/ |access-date=30 January 2022 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=20 January 2022}}</ref> who served as a delegate from [[Arkansas]] to the [[Provisional Congress of the Confederate States]] from 1861 to 1862. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], he was the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from {{ushr|AR|2}} (1859–1861). He also served as a senior [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] of the [[Confederate States Army]] who commanded [[infantry]] in the [[Eastern Theater of the American Civil War|Eastern]], [[Western Theater of the American Civil War|Western]], and [[Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War|Trans-Mississippi]] [[Theater (warfare)|theater]]s of the [[American Civil War]].