James Baird Dawkins

James Baird Dawkins (born November 14, 1820 in Hancockville , South Carolina , † February 12, 1883 in Gainesville , Florida ) was an American lawyer and Confederate politician .

Career

James Baird Dawkins, son of Elijah Dawkins, was born in Cherokee County (then still part of Union County ) in South Carolina and grew up there. In 1840 he graduated from the University of South Carolina (USC). Dawkins had a legal career. He was a prosecutor ( Attorney ) at the Union County Courthouse in South Carolina. Then he moved to Florida and settled in Gainesville, Alachua County . There he also worked as a public prosecutor. Between 1856 and 1861 he worked as a solicitor for the Florida Eastern Judicial Circuit .

In 1861 he participated as a delegate to the Florida Secession Convention. He was then elected in November 1861 as a member of the first Confederate Congress . He held the post until his resignation on December 8, 1862. He was then a State Court Judge from 1863 to 1865 and from 1877 until his death in 1883 . In 1866 he took part as a delegate at the National Convention . His body was interred in Gainesville City Cemetery.

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SURNAME	Dawkins, James Baird
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and Confederate politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 14, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hancockville , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH	February 12, 1883
Place of death	Gainesville , Florida