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James H. Cox (February 16, 1810 – February 18, 1877) was a nineteenth-century American judge, businessman and politician from Virginia.
As an adult, Cox first moved to Tallahassee, Florida where he was a professor at the Academy there. Three years later he returned to Chesterfield County, Virginia.
On his return, Cox was installed as president of the Clover Hill Coal Mining Company and worked there for many years at the
Early life
Cox was born in Chesterfield County, Virginia. in 1810 and graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1829.Career
As an adult, Cox first moved to Tallahassee, Florida where he was a professor at the Academy there. Three years later he returned to Chesterfield County, Virginia.
On his return, Cox was installed as president of the Clover Hill Coal Mining Company and worked there for many years at the Clover Hill Pits
The Clover Hill Pits are a number of coal shafts and mines that operated in the Southside area of Richmond, Virginia from 1837 until around 1883.
History
In 1837, coal was found after a heavy rain at Clover Hill Plantation, in Chesterfield Count ...
in Chesterfield County. The company delivered its ore by railroad to Richmond for export to Northern states in the 1840s before a market developed locally.
Cox was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates for many years, and to the Senate of Virginia
The Senate of Virginia is the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly. The Senate is composed of 40 senators representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts. The Senate is presided over by the lieutenant governor of Virg ...
for one term.
In 1850, Cox was elected to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850. He was one of four delegates elected from the central Piedmont delegate district made up of his home district of Chesterfield County, Petersburg City and Prince George County.
Cox was a member of the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861, he voted for secession at both votes before and after Lincoln’s call for militia to retake captured Federal property.
Cox was the magistrate and presiding justice of Chesterfield County for many years, and judge of the County Court from 1869 to 1875 under the new Constitution of 1870.
Death
James Henry Cox died on February 18, 1877 in Chesterfield County. Pulliam 1901, p. 104References
Bibliography
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cox, James H. Members of the Virginia House of Delegates 1810 births 1877 deaths Virginia state senators People from Chesterfield County, Virginia Hampden–Sydney College alumni 19th-century American politicians