J. William Stokes

J. William Stokes

James William Stokes (born December 12, 1853 in Orangeburg , Orangeburg County , South Carolina , †  July 6, 1901 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1895 and 1901 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Stokes attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1876 at Washington and Lee University in Lexington ( Virginia ). He then worked for twelve years as a teacher, before he at Vanderbilt University in Nashville ( Tennessee studied) medicine. Since 1889 he was also active in agriculture. In 1890 he became president of the South Carolina Farmers Association.

Politically, Stokes became a member of the Democratic Party . In 1890 he was elected to the South Carolina Senate. In 1892 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where ex-incumbent Grover Cleveland was again nominated as a presidential candidate. In the same year, Stokes first unsuccessfully applied for a seat in Congress .

In 1894 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of South Carolina . There he took over from George W. Murray on March 4, 1895 . The election result was contested. After this objection was granted, the seat of parliament was declared vacant on June 1, 1896 and by-elections were scheduled. This by-election won Stokes, who was able to take his old seat in the House of Representatives again. Since he was confirmed in all subsequent regular elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on July 6, 1901. During this time the Spanish-American War fell . At that time the Philippines and the Kingdom of Hawaii came under American administration. After Stokes' death, Asbury Francis Lever was elected to succeed him.

Web links

• J. William Stokes in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• J. William Stokes in the database of Find a Grave (English)