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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—North CarolinaJames GRAHAM
(1793-1851)
GRAHAM, James, (brother of
William Alexander Graham), a Representative from North Carolina;
born in Lincoln County, N.C., January 7, 1793; pursued classical
studies and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill in 1814; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1818
and commenced practice in Rutherford County; member of the State
house of representatives in 1822, 1823, 1824, 1828, and 1829;
elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March
4, 1833-March 3, 1835); presented credentials as an Anti-Jacksonian
Member-elect to the Twenty-fourth Congress and served from March 4,
1835, to March 29, 1836, when the seat was declared vacant;
subsequently elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the same Congress;
reelected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, and
Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from December 5, 1836, to
March 3, 1843; chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures
(Twenty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress; elected as a Whig to the
Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1846; engaged in agricultural
pursuits near Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, N.C., where he died
September 25, 1851.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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