- James Coffield Mitchell
:"See also the founder of
Florence, Nebraska atJames C. Mitchell (settler) "James Coffield Mitchell (1786 – 1843) was an American politician who represented
Tennessee in theUnited States House of Representatives .Mitchell was born in
Staunton, Virginia , in March 1786 and attended thecommon school s. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law. He moved to Tennessee and settled in Rhea County. From 1813 to 1817, he was the Solicitor General for the third district of Tennessee. He moved toAthens, Tennessee , in 1817.He was elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses. He served from
March 4 ,1825 , toMarch 3 ,1829 . During the Twentieth Congress, he was chairman of theU.S. House Committee on Military Pensions . He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election. He was judge of the eleventh circuit from 1830 to 1836. He then moved toHinds County, Mississippi , and settled near Jackson around 1837. He was an unsuccessful candidate on the Whig ticket forGovernor of Mississippi and for theMississippi House of Representatives . He was the author of "Mitchell's Justice". He died near Jackson, Mississippi, onAugust 7 ,1843 .External links
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