LONGLEY, James, a Representative from Maine; born in Lewiston, Maine, July 7, 1951; graduated Phillips Academy; graduated Holy Cross and University of Maine Law School; personal assistant to…
MACHIR, James, a Representative from Virginia; born in Virginia, birth date unknown; member of the State house of delegates, 1793-1796; elected as a Federalist to the Fifth Congress (March 4,…
HUGHES, James, a Representative from Indiana; born in Baltimore County, Md., November 24, 1823; attended the common schools and Indiana University at Bloomington; studied law; was admitted to…
PINDALL, James, a Representative from Virginia; born in Monongalia County, Va. (now West Virginia), about 1783; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1803 and…
RARIDEN, James, a Representative from Indiana; born near Cynthiana, Harrison County, Ky., February 14, 1795; received a limited schooling; moved to Brookville, Ind., and thence to Salisbury;…
SLOAN, James, a Representative from New Jersey; born in that State, birth date unknown; engaged in agricultural pursuits; assessor of Newton township for several years; held several other…
(Encyclopedia) De Bow, James Dunwoody BrownsonDe Bow, James Dunwoody Brownsondə bōˈ [key], 1820–67, American editor and statistician, b. Charleston, S.C. He became (1844) editor of the Southern…
(Encyclopedia) Cockburn, Sir Alexander James Edmund, 1802–80, British jurist. He was called to the bar in 1829, and a volume of reports on election cases (1832) brought him into national prominence…
(Encyclopedia) James I, 1566–1625, king of England (1603–25) and, as James VI, of Scotland (1567–1625). James's reign witnessed the beginnings of English colonization in North America (Jamestown was…
(Encyclopedia) James I, 1243–1311, king of Majorca (1276–1311), count of Roussillon and Cerdagne, lord of Montpellier, son of James I of Aragón. In 1278 he was forced to become a vassal of his…
