- John T. Harris
Infobox_Congressman
name=John Thomas Harris
state=Virginia
district=9th, 6th & 7th
term=March 4 ,1859 –March 3 ,1861 March 4 ,1871 –March 3 ,1873 March 4 ,1873 –March 3 ,1881
preceded=John Letcher William Milnes, Jr. Elliott M. Braxton
succeeded=Rees Bowen Thomas Whitehead
John Paul
date of birth=birth date|1823|5|8|mf=y
place of birth=Browns Gap, Virginia , U.S.
date of death=death date|1899|10|14|mf=y
place of death=Harrisonburg, Virginia , U.S.
spouse=
profession=Politician ,Lawyer ,Judge
religion=
party=Independent Democrat, Democrat|John Thomas Harris (
May 8 ,1823 –October 14 ,1899 ) was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge fromVirginia . He was the first cousin of John Hill.Born in
Browns Gap, Virginia , Harris completed academic studies, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1845, commencing practice inHarrisonburg, Virginia . He was the commonwealth attorney forRockingham County, Virginia from 1852 to 1859 and was elected an Independent Democrat to theUnited States House of Representatives in 1858, serving from 1859 to 1861. He ran for reelection, but the seat was terminated from Congress due toVirginia 's succession from the Union onApril 17 ,1861 . Harris was a member of theVirginia House of Delegates from 1863 to 1865 and judge of the twelfth judicial circuit ofVirginia from 1866 to 1869. On the readmission ofVirginia to the Union in 1869, Harris ran for the House of Representatives at a special election held in July, 1869, but was unsuccessful. He was later elected back to the House as a Democrat in 1870, serving from 1871 to 1881. Their, he served as chairman of the Committee on Elections from 1875 to 1879 and chairman of the Committee on Revision of Laws from 1879 to 1881. Harris declined a unanimous renomination in 1880 and was chairman of the Virginia Democratic Convention in 1884 and wascommissioner to theWorld’s Fair inChicago, Illinois . He died inHarrisonburg, Virginia onOctober 14 ,1899 and was interned their in Woodbine Cemetery.External links
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7772497 John T. Harris] at
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state=Virginia
district=9
before=John Letcher
after=Rees Bowen (1)
years=March 4 ,1859 –March 3 ,1861 USRepSuccessionBox
state=Virginia
district=6
before=William Milnes, Jr.
after=Thomas Whitehead
years=March 4 ,1871 –March 3 ,1873 USRepSuccessionBox
state=Virginia
district=7
before=Elliott M. Braxton
after=John Paul
years=March 4 ,1873 –March 3 ,1881
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