James S. Cothran

Infobox_Congressman
name=James S. Cothran


state=South Carolina
district= 3rd
term= March 4, 1887-March 3, 1891
preceded=D. Wyatt Aiken
succeeded=George Johnstone
date of birth=August 8, 1830
place of birth=Abbeville County, South Carolina
date of death=March 8, 1921.
place of death=New York, New York
spouse=
profession=Attorney
religion=
partyDemocratic |

James Sproull Cothran (August 8, 1830 - December 5, 1897) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. He served for one term from 1887 to 1891.

Biography

James Sproull Cothran was born in Abbeville County, South Carolina on August 8, 1830. He attended the country schools and graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1852. He was an attorney in private practice. He served with the Confederate Army. He was solicitor of the eighth judicial circuit of South Carolina in 1876 and 1880 and judge of the eighth judicial circuit of South Carolina from 1881 to 1886. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the succeeding Congress (March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1891). Cothran was not a candidate for renomination to the Fifty-second Congress in 1890. He died on December 5, 1897, in New York, New York. He was interred in Upper Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, South Carolina.

External links

* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000798 Congressional biography]

Persondata
NAME=Cothran, James Sproull
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= US Congressman from South Carolina 3rd district 1887 to 1891
DATE OF BIRTH=August 8, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH=Abbeville County, South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH=December 5, 1897
PLACE OF DEATH=New York, New York