James Ervin

James Ervin (born October 17, 1778 in Williamsburg County , South Carolina , †  July 7, 1841 in Darlington , South Carolina) was an American politician . from 1817 to 1821 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Ervin attended Rhode Island College , now Brown University in Providence , until 1797 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1800, he began to practice in Peedee, South Carolina in his new profession. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party . From 1800 to 1804 and again from 1810 to 1811 Ervin was a member of the House of Representatives from South Carolina . He then worked from 1804 to 1816 as a public prosecutor in the northern judicial district of his state. From 1809 to 1817 he was also the curator of South Carolina College , later the University of South Carolina .

In 1816 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of South Carolina , where he succeeded Benjamin Huger on March 4, 1817 . After re-election in 1818, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1821 . In 1820 Ervin renounced another candidacy. In the following years he worked in agriculture. He was a member of the South Carolina Senate from 1826 to 1829 . In 1832, during the crisis of nullification, he was a delegate to the assembly that discussed how South Carolina was to deal with the crisis. James Ervin died in Darlington on July 7, 1841.

Web links

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

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