James Minor Quarles

James Minor Quarles (born February 8, 1823 in Louisa , Virginia , †  March 3, 1901 in Nashville , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between 1859 and 1861 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Quarles attended public schools in his home country. In 1833 he moved with his father to Christian County , Kentucky , where he continued his education. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1845, he began working in his new profession in Clarksville, Tennessee. Between 1853 and 1859 he was the chief prosecutor in Tennessee's Tenth District.

Politically, Quarles joined the short-lived Opposition Party in the late 1850s . In the congressional election of 1858 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded Felix Zollicoffer on March 4, 1859 . Until March 3, 1861 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . This was shaped by the events in the immediate run-up to the civil war .

During the Civil War, James Quarles served in the Confederation Army under the command of his brother, Brigadier General William Andrew Quarles . After the war he worked as a lawyer again. From 1872 James Quarles was based in Nashville. From 1878 to 1882 he was a judge at the local criminal court. Then he practiced again as a lawyer. He died on March 3, 1901 in Nashville, where he was also buried.

Web links

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

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