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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—North CarolinaJames Alexander LOCKHART
(1850-1905)
LOCKHART, James Alexander,
a Representative from North Carolina; born in Anson County, N.C.,
June 2, 1850; attended the common schools; was graduated from
Trinity College, Durham, N.C., in June 1873; studied law in
Charlotte, N.C.; was admitted to the bar in 1874; settled in
Wadesboro, N.C., where he practiced his profession; mayor of
Wadesboro in 1875; member of the state house of representatives in
1878; served in the state senate in 1880; presented credentials as
a Democratic Member-elect to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served
from March 4, 1895, to June 5, 1896, when he was succeeded by
Charles H. Martin, who contested his election; resumed the practice
of his profession in Wadesboro, N.C.; died in Charlotte, N.C., on
December 24, 1905; interment in Eastview Cemetery, Wadesboro,
N.C.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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