Josiah J. Evans

Josiah J. Evans

Josiah James Evans (born November 27, 1786 in the Marlboro District , South Carolina , †  May 6, 1858 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of South Carolina in the US Senate .

Josiah Evans was born in what is now Marlboro County and spent most of his life there. He graduated from South Carolina College in Columbia in 1808 , then studied law , was inducted into the bar, and began practicing law in his home district in 1811.

In 1812 his political career began with membership in the South Carolina House of Representatives , to which he was a member until 1813. In 1816 he settled in the Darlington District ; Another term of office followed in the state parliament. From 1816 to 1829 Evans served as the district attorney for the Northern District of South Carolina; then he was until 1835 a judge at the Circuit Court . Also in 1829 he became a judge at the State Supreme Court, which he remained until 1852.

On March 4, 1853 Evans moved to a successful election in the US Senate in Washington, where he succeeded the no longer candidate William F. De Saussure . He subsequently took over the chairmanship of the Senate's Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses , but died before the end of his term in May 1858 in the federal capital and was buried in Society Hill (South Carolina) .

Web links

• Josiah J. Evans in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Josiah J. Evans in the database of Find a Grave (English)