| 词条 | William J. Samford |
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|name= William James Samford |image = William J. Samford.jpg |imagesize=160px |caption= |order=31st |office= Governor of Alabama |term_start= December 1, 1900 |term_end= June 11, 1901 |lieutenant= William D. Jelks |predecessor= Joseph F. Johnston |successor=William D. Jelks |state2= Alabama |district2=3rd |term_start2= March 4, 1879 |term_end2= March 3, 1881 |predecessor2= Jeremiah N. Williams |successor2= William C. Oates |birth_date= September 16, 1844 |birth_place= Greeneville, Meriwether County, Georgia |death_date= June 11, 1901 (aged 56) |death_place= Tuscaloosa, Alabama |spouse= Caroline Elizabeth Drake |religion= Methodist |profession= Lawyer |party= Democrat |footnotes= }} William James Samford (September 16, 1844 – June 11, 1901) was an American Democratic politician who was the 31st Governor of Alabama from 1900 to 1901. BiographyEarly lifeWilliam James Samford was born on September 16, 1844 in Greenville, Georgia. His father was William Flewellyn Samford and his mother, Susan Lewis Dowdell Samford. In 1846, he moved with his parents to Chambers County, Alabama. He was educated in the public schools of Chambers and Auburn, Alabama. He then attended the East Alabama Male College (now Auburn University) before transferring to the University of Georgia. Civil WarDuring the American Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Army. He was captured in 1863 and held as a prisoner of war for eighteen months by Union soldiers. CareerAfter the Civil War, he took up farming. In 1867 he was admitted to the bar. He set up a law practice in Opelika, Alabama. He was also a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He entered politics in 1872 serving as a city alderman and alternate elector for the Horace Greeley ticket, although he thought the democrats had erred in supporting Greeley. In 1874 he was a delegate to the state constitutional convention. In 1878, he was elected as a democrat to the U.S. Congress where he served one term. He missed the first few weeks of his term because he was out of the state seeking medical treatment, so William D. Jelks acted as governor from December 1 to December 26, 1900. Personal lifeSamford married Caroline Elizabeth Drake in 1865. He died in office on June 11, 1901, and Jelks again assumed the role of governor. A complete biography of Governor Samford is available in the Samford University library ("The Life and Times of William J. Samford") and Auburn University library. It also includes a complete family history from 1600 until 1970, and Mr. Samford's time in U.S. Congress and as a Civil War prisoner. External links{{CongBio|S000022}}
| state = Alabama| district = 3| before= Jeremiah N. Williams| after = William C. Oates | years= March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 }}{{S-off}}{{Succession box | before = Joseph F. Johnston |title=Governor of Alabama | years = 1900–1901 | after = William D. Jelks}}{{S-end}}{{Governors of Alabama}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Samford, William James}}{{Alabama-politician-stub}} 14 : 1844 births|1901 deaths|Governors of Alabama|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama|Auburn University alumni|University of Georgia alumni|Auburn High School (Alabama) alumni|Alabama Democrats|Democratic Party state governors of the United States|People from Greenville, Georgia|Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives|People from Opelika, Alabama|Southern Methodists|19th-century American politicians |
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