James Hervey Witherspoon Jr. (March 23, 1810, in

Lancaster County, South Carolina Lancaster County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 96,016, Its county seat is Lancaster, which has an urban population of 23,979. The county was created in 1785. Lancaster Coun ...

– October 3, 1865, in Lancaster, South Carolina) was a prominent Confederate States of America politician. He was a colonel in the

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, and served as a representative from the first of six congressional districts of South Carolina in the

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(1864-1865). James Witherspoon was the son of

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(1784-1842) who served as lieutenant governor of South Carolina (1826-1828). His brother

Isaac Donnom Witherspoon Isaac Donnom Witherspoon (1803 - 1858) was a politician in South Carolina. He served in the state house and then the state senate. He succeeded William K. Clowney as lieutenant governor and served from December 1842 until December 1844. He was ...

(1803-1858) was also lieutenant governor of South Carolina. There is no information available about his youth or education. He must have studied law because he served as Judge for 16 years and he was commissioned in the Equity for 21 years. During the Civil War, he served as colonel of the 8th South Carolina State Reserves Troops. James Witherspoon was married to Mary Elizabeth Jones Witherspoon (1811–1856). The couple had two children: Bartlett Jones Witherspoon (1832–1905) and Eliza Jones Witherspoon Wylie (1834–1909). He died on 3 October 1865 in Lancaster in South Carolina,

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