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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | James F. Epes |
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, Virginia , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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May 23, 1842
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| Died | August 24, 1910
(68 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | EPES, James Fletcher, (cousin of Sydney Parham Epes), a Representative from Virginia; born near Blackstone, Nottoway County, Va., May 23, 1842; attended private schools and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army in Company E, Third Virginia Cavalry; was graduated from the law department of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., in 1867; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice at Nottoway Court House, Va.; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; prosecuting attorney for Nottoway County 1870-1883; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895); was not a candidate for renomination in 1894; retired to his plantation, “The Old Place,” near Blackstone, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death there August 24, 1910; interment in Lake View Cemetery, Blackstone, Va.
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