- James Turner (Maryland)
James Turner (
November 7 ,1783 -March 28 ,1861 ) was a United States Congressional representative fromMaryland .Turner was born near
Bel Air, Maryland , and completed preparatory studies at the Classic Academy ofMadonna, Maryland . He was captain of militia in theWar of 1812 . Afterwards, he moved toParkton, Maryland , in 1811 and established a dairy farm. He served as collector of State and county taxes in 1817, and served as a justice of the peace in 1824. He was a member of theMaryland House of Delegates from 1824 to 1833, and was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses, where he served fromMarch 4 ,1833 , toMarch 3 ,1837 . He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to Congress, but he again served in the House of Delegates in 1837 and 1838 and also as member of theMaryland Senate from 1855 to 1859. He engaged in farming at Parkton until his death, and is interred in Bethel Cemetery near Madonna, Maryland.References
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state=Maryland
district=3
before=George Corbin Washington
after=John Tolley Hood Worthington
years=1833–1837
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