| 词条 | Joseph W. Chalmers |
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|name = Joseph Williams Chalmers |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = Mississippi |term_start = November 3, 1845 |term_end = March 4, 1847 |predecessor = Robert J. Walker |successor = Henry S. Foote |birth_date = {{birth date|1806|12|20}} |birth_place = Halifax County, Virginia |death_date = {{death date and age|1853|6|16|1806|12|20}} |death_place = Holly Springs, Mississippi |party = Democratic }} Joseph Williams Chalmers (December 20, 1806{{spaced ndash}}June 16, 1853) was a United States Senator from Mississippi. BiographyBorn in Halifax County, Virginia, he studied law in the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, and in Richmond. He was admitted to the bar and practiced. He moved with his family to Jackson, Tennessee in 1835 and to Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1839, practicing law in both places. He followed the rapid expansion of the cotton industry in the Deep South. Chalmers was appointed as vice chancellor of the northern Mississippi district in 1842 and 1843. He was appointed to and subsequently elected by the Mississippi legislature as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert J. Walker, serving from November 3, 1845, to March 4, 1847. While in the Senate, Chalmers was chairman of the Committee on Engrossed Bills (29th United States Congress). Chalmers engaged in the practice of law in Holly Springs until his death in 1853; interment was in Hill Crest Cemetery. His son James Ronald Chalmers was first elected in 1876 as a U.S. Representative from Mississippi's 6th congressional district, serving from 1877 to 1884. His term was interrupted in 1882, as his election in 1880 had been contested by John R. Lynch, his Republican opponent. Congress seated Lynch for the remainder of the term. In 1882 Chalmers won as an Independent Democrat. References{{CongBio|C000273}}{{s-start}}{{s-par|us-sen}}{{U.S. Senator box| state=Mississippi | class=2 | before=Robert J. Walker | after=Henry S. Foote | alongside=Jesse Speight | years=1845–1847}}{{s-end}}{{USSenMS}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Chalmers, Joseph Williams}}{{Mississippi-politician-stub}} 9 : 1806 births|1853 deaths|People from Halifax County, Virginia|United States Senators from Mississippi|Mississippi Democrats|Mississippi lawyers|University of Virginia School of Law alumni|Democratic Party United States Senators|19th-century American politicians |
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