James Chrisman

James Stone Chrisman (born September 14, 1818 in Monticello , Wayne County , Kentucky , †  July 29, 1881 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Chrisman attended public schools in his home country. After that, he initially worked in agriculture. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1849, he began to work in this profession in Monticello. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party . In 1845 and 1847 he ran unsuccessfully for the Kentucky House of Representatives . In 1849 he was a delegate at a meeting to revise the state constitution.

In the congressional election of 1852 , Chrisman was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded William Thomas Ward on March 4, 1853 . Since he lost in the elections of 1854 to Albert G. Talbott , he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1855 . This was shaped by the discussions about slavery in the run-up to the civil war .

In 1858 he ran to return to Congress, but was defeated by William Clayton Anderson . An election appeal was also unsuccessful. Between 1862 and 1865, Chrisman was a member of the Confederate Congress . He later served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1869 to 1871. In the following years he practiced again as a lawyer in Monticello. He died there on July 29, 1881.

Web links

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

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