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Affiliation | Republican |
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Name | James Knox |
Address | Knoxville, Illinois , United States |
Email | None |
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July 04, 1807
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Died | October 08, 1876
(69 years)
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Contributor | ev |
Last Modifed | RBH Jul 20, 2015 03:34am |
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Info | a Representative from Illinois; born in Canajoharie, N.Y., July 4, 1807; attended Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., and was graduated from Yale College in 1830; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in Utica, N.Y.; moved to Illinois in 1836 and settled in Knoxville, Knox County; continued the practice of law; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1847; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress and reelected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); chairman, Committee on Roads and Canals (Thirty-fourth Congress); continued the practice of law until his death in Knoxville, Ill., October 8, 1876; interment in City Cemetery.
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