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    James Chesnut Jr. (January 18, 1815 – February 1, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician, and a Confederate functionary. Chesnut, a lawyer prominent...
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    was married to James Chesnut Jr., a lawyer who served as a United States senator and officer in the Confederate States Army. Chesnut worked toward a...
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  • Chesnut is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Eleanor Chesnut (1868–1905), American Christian missionary James Chesnut Jr. (1815–1885)...
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    ironwork and wood balustrade. It was the home of General James Chesnut, Jr. and Mary Boykin Chesnut during the American Civil War period. In the fall of 1864...
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    Mulberry Plantation, also known as the James and Mary Boykin Chesnut House is a historic plantation at 559 Sumter Highway (United States Route 521) south...
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  • of the Congress South Carolina: R. Barnwell Rhett, R. W. Barnwell, James Chesnut, Jr., C. G. Memminger, Wm. Porcher Miles, Laurence M. Keitt, William W...
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    Carolina: R. Barnwell Rhett, C. G. Memminger, Wm. Porcher Miles, James Chesnut, Jr., R. W. Barnwell, William W. Boyce, Laurence Keitt, T. J. Withers...
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    Memminger James Chesnut, Jr. William Porcher Miles Laurence M. Keitt Thomas J. Withers (resigned May 21, 1861 after second session) James Lawrence Orr...
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    James Henry Hammond (November 15, 1807 – November 13, 1864) was an American attorney, politician, and planter. He served as a United States representative...
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    Senator James Chesnut Jr.; Tennessee Senator Alfred O. P. Nicholson; Texas Senators John Hemphill and Louis Wigfall; Virginia Senators James M. Mason...
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    On Thursday, April 11, 1861, Beauregard sent three aides, Colonel James Chesnut, Jr., Captain Stephen D. Lee, and Lieutenant A. R. Chisolm to demand the...
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    Register 1908. New York: The Tribune Association. 1908. p. 260. "THURMOND, James Strom". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. "Tim Scott...
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    Miller (1823–86) married James Chesnut, Jr. (1815–85), who later became a U.S. Senator and a Confederate general. Mary Chesnut became famous for her diary...
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  • S. Senator from South Carolina 1831–33. Father-in-law of James Chesnut Jr. James Chesnut Jr. (1815–1885), South Carolina State Representative 1842, South...
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  • Lanier Clingman Democratic North Carolina Thomas Bragg Democratic James Chesnut Jr. Democratic South Carolina Alfred O. P. Nicholson Democratic Tennessee...
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    War South Carolina was the first of eleven states to secede. McPherson, James M., The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom. Oxford University Press, 2003...
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  • members under serious threat of expulsion resigned, including: 1862: Senator James F. Simmons, Republican of Rhode Island. On July 14, 1862, the Judiciary...
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    Indian Affairs (Chairman: William K. Sebastian) Judiciary (Chairman: James A. Bayard Jr.) Memorial of Houmas Lands Settlers (Select) Military Affairs (Chairman:...
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    (Chairman: James M. Mason) French Spoilations (Select) Indian Affairs (Chairman: William K. Sebastian) Judiciary (Chairman: James A. Bayard Jr.) Military...
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    (1853–1855) 34th (1855–1857) 35th (1857–1859) Arthur P. Hayne (D) James Chesnut Jr. (D) James H. Hammond (D) 36th (1859–1861) vacant vacant 37th (1861–1863)...
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    Purchase: a historical and geographical encyclopedia (2002), p. 328. James M. Banner Jr., "A Shadow of Session? The Hartford Convention, 1814," History Today...
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    Winner elected December 3, 1858. Democratic hold. Winner was also elected to the next term; see below. ▌Y James Chesnut Jr. (Democratic) [data missing]...
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  • States Congress. Retrieved 16 Sep 2011. United States Congress. "James Chesnut, Jr. (id: C000348)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress...
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  • Person Colby Cheney 1886–1887 2 New Hampshire Republican 1828–1901 James Chesnut Jr. 1858–1860 3 South Carolina Democratic 1815–1885 Jeffrey Chiesa 2013...
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    seats. In this election, the winner was elected in 1865 after March 4. James Pearce died, and Thomas Holliday Hicks was appointed to his seat. He then...
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    States 1861–1862 With: R. B. Rhett, Sr. R. W. Barnwell L. M. Keitt James Chesnut, Jr. W. Porcher Miles Thomas J. Withers W. W. Boyce Constituency abolished...
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    Colonel James Chesnut, Jr. that the battery was "armed and completed", and that he had sent a new regiment of the State Reserves to General James H. Trapier...
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    (Adéle) Theresa Petigru (b. 1811 d. 1896.) She was the younger sister of James Louis Petigru, a well-known Charleston SC lawyer. They moved to Chicora...
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    1869 during this Congress after March 4. Interim appointed Senator James A. Bayard Jr. was elected January 19, 1869 to finish his term. William Pinkney...
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    conservationist who was instrumental in the establishment and design of Chesnut Ridge Park in the 1920s. A memorial to Ward exists in the southern part...
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