James M. Hanks

James Millander Hanks (born February 12, 1833 in Helena , Arkansas , † May 24, 1909 there ) was an American politician . Between 1871 and 1873 he represented the first constituency of the state of Arkansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Hanks attended the common schools and then college in New Albany ( Indiana ) and the Jackson College in Columbia ( Tennessee ). He graduated from the University of Louisville with a law degree in 1855 . After his admission as a lawyer, he began to practice in Helena in his new profession. Between 1864 and 1868 he was a judge in the Arkansas First Judicial District.

Hanks was a member of the Democrats . In the congressional elections of 1870 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first district of Arkansas . There he took over on March 4, 1871, succeeding Republican Logan Holt Roots , whom he had defeated in the election. Since he renounced another candidacy in 1872, Hanks could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1873 .

After the end of his time in the House of Representatives, Hanks withdrew from politics. In the following years he worked in agriculture, among other things. He died in 1909 in his native Helena and was buried there.

Web links

• James M. Hanks in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James M. Hanks in the database of Find a Grave (English)