James Jefferson Britt

James Jefferson Britt

James Jefferson Britt (born March 4, 1861 in Unicoi County , Tennessee , †  December 26, 1939 in Asheville , North Carolina ) was an American politician . Between 1915 and 1917 and again in March 1919, he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Britt attended public schools in his home country. At times he also enjoyed private training; after that he worked in the school service. Between 1886 and 1893 he directed the Burnsville Academy in North Carolina. From 1894 to 1896 he was a school councilor in Mitchell County . At that time he also directed the Bowman Academy in Bakersville . Between 1896 and 1899, Britt worked for the Asheville Tax Agency. After studying law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his admission to the bar in 1900, he began working in this profession in Asheville.

Politically, Britt was a member of the Republican Party . In 1904 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where President Theodore Roosevelt was nominated for re-election. Two years later, in 1906, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress . In 1906 and 1907, Britt served as assistant federal prosecutor . He served in the North Carolina Senate from 1909 to 1911 . In 1909 and 1910 he worked first for the US Department of Post and then for the Department of Justice . He then served as Third Assistant Postmaster General in the Postal Ministry until 1913 .

In the 1914 congressional election , Britt was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded James M. Gudger on March 4, 1915 . Since he was defeated by the Democrat Zebulon Weaver in 1916 , he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1917 . Britt lodged a complaint against the outcome of the election, which, however, was not upheld until March 1, 1919 - two days before the end of the legislative period. So he was between March 1 and 3, 1919 once again a member of parliament for the tenth district of his state. In 1918 he competed unsuccessfully to remain in Congress.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Britt practiced law again. Between 1922 and 1932 he worked for the Bureau of Prohibition , an agency of the Treasury . In 1926 he unsuccessfully applied for the post of Chief Justice at the North Carolina Supreme Court . James Britt died on December 26, 1939 in Asheville, where he was also buried. He was married to Mary J. Mosley (1863-1915), with whom he had five children.

Web links

• James Jefferson Britt in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• James Jefferson Britt in the database of Find a Grave (English)