James CC Black

James CC Black

James Conquest Cross Black (born May 9, 1842 in Stamping Ground , Scott County , Kentucky , †  October 1, 1928 in Augusta , Georgia ) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1897 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Black attended public schools in his home country including New Castle High School . He then studied until 1862 at Georgetown College in Georgetown (Kentucky). During the Civil War he was a soldier of a cavalry unit in the army of the Confederacy . In 1865 he moved to Augusta, Georgia. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1866, he began to work there in his new profession.

Politically, Black was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1873 and 1877 he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives ; from 1879 to 1886 he ran the orphanage in Augusta. Black was also a member of the local council in this town. At times he was also their legal representative. In the congressional elections of 1892 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the tenth constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded Thomas E. Watson on March 4, 1893 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1897 . But since he had resigned on March 3, 1895 in the meantime and a by-election was necessary, which he also won, his mandate between March 4 and October 2, 1895 was vacant.

In 1896, James Black declined to run again. In the following years he worked again as a lawyer in Augusta. He died there on October 1, 1928.

Web links

• James CC Black in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Black CC in the database of Find a Grave (English)