James S. Cothran

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James Sproull Cothran (born August 8, 1830 in Abbeville , South Carolina , †  December 5, 1897 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1887 and 1891 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Cothran attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1852 at the University of Georgia in Athens . After studying law, he began working as a lawyer. During the Civil War he was a soldier in the Confederate States Army .

In 1876 and 1880, Cothran served as a prosecutor in the eighth judicial district of South Carolina. In the same district he worked as a judge between 1881 and 1886. Cothran was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1886 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of South Carolina , where he succeeded D. Wyatt Aiken on March 4, 1887 . After a re-election in 1888, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1891 . In 1890, Cothran declined to run again. He died in New York on December 5, 1897.

Web links

  • James S. Cothran in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Cothran, James S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cothran, James Sproull (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH near Abbeville , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 1897
Place of death New York City , New York