James Thomas Harrison
James Thomas Harrison (born November 30, 1811 near Pendleton , Anderson County , South Carolina , † May 22, 1879 in Columbus , Lowndes County , Mississippi ) was an American lawyer and politician . He was a descendant of the 23rd US President Benjamin Harrison .
Life
Harrison graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1829 and then studied law under James L. Pettigru . He then moved to Macon , Mississippi in 1834 , finally settling in Columbus in 1861. He represented Mississippi in 1861 at its Secession Convention and later in the Provisional Confederate Congress . After the Reconstruction of Mississippi, he was elected to the US Congress , but declined and went to his practice in his legal practice.
He died in Columbus, Mississippi in 1879 and was then buried there in Friendship Cemetery .
literature
- Harrison, James Thomas . In: James Grant Wilson, John Fiske (Eds.): Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography . tape 3 : Grinnell - Lockwood . D. Appleton and Company, New York 1887, p. 100 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- James Thomas Harrison at The Political Graveyard
- The Confederate War Department (English)
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| SURNAME | Harrison, James Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | near Pendleton , Anderson County , South Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 1879 |
| Place of death | Columbus , Lowndes County, Mississippi |