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词条 James Coffield Mitchell
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  1. Biography

  2. Career

  3. Death

  4. References

  5. External links

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James Coffield Mitchell (March 1786 – August 7, 1843) was an American politician who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives.

Biography

Mitchell was born in Staunton, Virginia, in March 1786 and attended the common schools. 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 second district of Tennessee. He moved to Athens, Tennessee, in 1817.

Career

Mitchell was elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses. He served from March 4, 1825, to March 4, 1829.[1] During the Twentieth Congress, he was chairman of the U.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.

Mitchell then moved to Hinds County, Mississippi, and settled near Jackson around 1837. He was an unsuccessful candidate on the Whig ticket for Governor of Mississippi and for the Mississippi House of Representatives. He engaged in agricultural pursuits as well.[2]

Death

Mitchell died near Jackson, Mississippi, on August 7, 1843 (age about 57 years). The location of his interrment is unknown.[3] He was the author of Mitchell's Justice.

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=James Coffield Mitchell|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/james_mitchell/407790|publisher=Govtrack US Congress|accessdate=19 February 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=James Coffield Mitchell|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000815|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=19 February 2013}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=James Coffield Mitchell|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell5.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=19 February 2013}}

External links

{{CongBio|M000815}}
  • James Coffield Mitchell entry at The Political Graveyard

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10 : 1786 births|1843 deaths|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee|People from Hinds County, Mississippi|People from Athens, Tennessee|Politicians from Staunton, Virginia|Tennessee Jacksonians|Tennessee Whigs|Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives|19th-century American politicians

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