John H. Evins

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John H. Evins

John Hamilton Evins (born July 18, 1830 in Spartanburg , South Carolina , †  October 20, 1884 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1877 and 1884 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Evins attended public schools in his home country. He then studied until 1853 at South Carolina College , today's University of South Carolina in Columbia . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1856, he began to work in his new profession in Spartanburg. During the Civil War he served in the Confederate Army . There he reached the rank of lieutenant colonel by the end of the war. At the same time he was a member of the Democratic Party between 1862 and 1864 in the House of Representatives from South Carolina .

After the war, Evins went back to work as a lawyer. In 1876 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis , where Samuel J. Tilden was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the congressional election of 1876 Evins was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of South Carolina , where he succeeded Alexander S. Wallace on March 4, 1877 . After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on October 20, 1884 . Since 1883 he was chairman of the committee that dealt with the administration of the US territories.

Web links

  • John H. Evins in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Evins, John H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Evins, John Hamilton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Spartanburg , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1884
Place of death Spartanburg , South Carolina