James Edwin Belser

James Edwin Belser (born December 22, 1805 in Charleston , South Carolina , † January 16, 1859 in Montgomery , Alabama ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ).

Career

James Edwin Belser attended a public school until 1820. At that time his family moved to the Sumter District, South Carolina, where he continued to be tutored by a private tutor. Belser moved to Alabama in 1825 and settled in Montgomery. He studied law and started practicing there after being admitted to the bar. In the following time he was elected clerk at the district court. He was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives in 1828 . He was also appointed solicitor in Montgomery County that year, a position to which he was later elected. He also edited the Planters Gazette for several years . Governor Fitzpatrick then appointed him a commissioner in 1842 to compensate the federal government for the money advanced during the 1836 Indian War. Belser was elected to the 28th US Congress , where he served from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1845. In 1844 he refused to run again for the US Congress . He then resumed his practice as a lawyer in Montgomery. Belser was close to the Whig Party in 1848 . He was re-elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 1853 and 1857.

James Edwin Belser died in Montgomery in 1859 and was buried there in Oakwood Cemetery .

Web links

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

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