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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJames Sidney ROLLINS
(1812-1888)
ROLLINS, James Sidney, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Richmond, Madison County,
Ky., April 19, 1812; completed preparatory studies; attended Centre
College, Danville, Ky., and was graduated from the University of
Indiana at Bloomington in 1830; studied law; was admitted to the
bar in 1834 and commenced practice in Columbia, Mo.; served as
major in the Black Hawk War; member of the state house of
representatives 1838-1840, 1854, and 1867; delegate to the Whig
National Convention in 1844; served in the state senate 1846-1848;
unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1848 and 1857; elected as a
Constitutional Unionist to the Thirty-seventh Congress and
reelected as a Unionist to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4,
1861-March 3, 1865); resumed the practice of his profession;
delegate to the Philadelphia Union Convention in 1866; president of
the board of curators of the University of Missouri from 1869 to
1886, when he resigned; died in Columbia, Boone County, Mo.,
January 9, 1888; interment in Columbia Cemetery.
Bibliography
Wood, James M., Jr. “James Sidney Rollins of Missouri: A
Political Biography.” Ph.D. diss., Stanford University,
1952.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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