James A. Cravens

James Addison Cravens (born November 4, 1818 in Rockingham County , Virginia , † June 20, 1893 in Hardinsburg , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1861 and 1865 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Cravens was a second cousin of Congressman James H. Cravens (1802–1876). In 1820 he moved to Indiana with his father, where they settled near Hardinsburg. Cravens attended the public schools in his new home and then worked in agriculture, especially in livestock. In 1846 and 1847 he took part in the Mexican-American War as a major in an Indiana volunteer unit . He then began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

He was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1848 and 1849 ; between 1850 and 1853 he was a member of the State Senate . He was also a member of the state militia. In 1854 he was promoted to brigadier general of this force. In the congressional election of 1860 , Cravens was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded William Hayden English on March 4, 1861 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1865 . These were shaped by the events of the civil war . In 1864 he renounced another candidacy.

In 1866 James Cravens took part as a delegate to the Union National Convention of Conservatives in Philadelphia ; In 1868 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in New York , where Horatio Seymour was nominated as a presidential candidate. Then he retired from politics and worked in agriculture again. He died on June 20, 1893 in Hardinsburg, where he was also buried.

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SURNAME	Cravens, James A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cravens, James Addison (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 4, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rockingham County , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH	June 20, 1893
Place of death	near Hardinsburg , Indiana