James Adams Stallworth (April 7, 1822 – August 31, 1861) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Alabama
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Born in
Evergreen, Alabama, Stallworth attended Old Field Piney Woods Schools.
He engaged as a planter.
He studied law.
He was
admitted to the bar
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in 1848 and commenced practice in
Evergreen, Alabama.
He served as member of the State house of representatives 1845–1848.
He served as solicitor for the second judicial circuit of Alabama in 1850 and 1855.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1854 to the
Thirty-fourth Congress.
Stallworth was elected as a
Democrat
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to the
Thirty-fifth and
Thirty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1857, to January 21, 1861, when he withdrew.
He died near
Evergreen, Alabama, August 31, 1861.
He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.
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1822 births
1861 deaths
People from Evergreen, Alabama
19th-century American planters
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama
Democratic Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives
19th-century American legislators
19th-century Alabama politicians
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