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John James Hemphill (August 25, 1849 – May 11, 1912) was a 
Hemphill was elected as a
U.S. Representative
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from South Carolina
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, cousin of William Huggins Brawley, nephew of John Hemphill and great-uncle of Robert Witherspoon Hemphill.
Born in Chester, South Carolina, Hemphill attended the public schools and was graduated from the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1869.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1870 and practiced in Chester, South Carolina.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for the State legislature in 1874.
He served as member of the State house of representatives 1876-1882.
Hemphill was elected as a Democrat
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to the Forty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1893).
He served as chairman of the Committee on District of Columbia (Fiftieth and Fifty-second Congresses).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress.
He resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.
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, while retaining his residence in South Carolina.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election as United States Senator
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from South Carolina
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
in 1902.
He died in Washington, D.C.
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, May 11, 1912.
He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hemphill, John James 1849 births 1912 deaths Burials at Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina 19th-century American politicians University of South Carolina alumni