James Hamilton Goss (August 9, 1820 – October 31, 1886) was a

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from South Carolina during the

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. Born in Union, South Carolina, Goss attended the common schools and the Union Male Academy. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served with the South Carolina Militia during the Civil War. He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867. Upon the readmission of the State of South Carolina to representation, he was elected as a Republican to the

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and served from July 18, 1868, to March 3, 1869. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1868. He served as member of the board of commissioners of Union County from 1871 to 1874. He was appointed postmaster of Union August 12, 1875, and served until September 23, 1884. He died in Union, South Carolina, October 31, 1886. He was interred in the Presbyterian Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goss, James Hamilton 1820 births 1886 deaths Confederate States Army personnel Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina 19th-century American legislators People from Union, South Carolina