James Dixon Roman (August 11, 1809 – January 19, 1867) was an American politician.(Howard, George W
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Early life

Born in

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, Roman attended the common schools and a private school at West Nottingham (now

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). He later moved to

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, and began to study law in

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. He was admitted to the bar in 1834 and commenced practice in Hagerstown.

Career

Roman served as a member of the

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in 1847 and was elected as a Whig to the

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, serving from March 4, 1847, to March 3, 1849. He was

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on the Whig ticket in 1848 and on the Democratic ticket in 1856. He again resumed the practice of law in Hagerstown, and served as president of the Old Hagerstown Bank from 1851 until his death. He was also a member of the peace convention held in Washington, D.C., in 1861 in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war.

Personal life

Roman was married to Louisa Margaret Kennedy (1809–1878), the daughter of John Kennedy and Margaret (

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Wagner) Kennedy. Together, they were the parents of: * Louisa Kennedy Roman, who died young. * Sarah "Sallie" Roman (1843–1873), who married Christopher Columbus Baldwin, the

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. * James Dixon Roman (1854–1875), who died unmarried shortly after finishing his junior year at

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. Roman died on January 19, 1867, near Hagerstown, Maryland, and is interred in

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