Anson County, NC - James Alexander Lockhart, 1850-1905

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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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LOCKHART, James Alexander, a Representative from North Carolina; born 
in Anson County, N.C., June 2, 1850; attended the common schools; was 
graduated from Trinity College, Durham, N.C., in June 1873; studied law 
in Charlotte, N.C.; was admitted to the bar in 1874; settled in 
Wadesboro, N.C., where he practiced his profession; mayor of Wadesboro 
in 1875; member of the State House of Representatives in 1878; served 
in the State senate in 1880; presented credentials as a Democratic 
Member-elect to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 
1895, to June 5, 1896, when he was succeeded by Charles H. Martin, who 
contested his election; resumed the practice of his profession in 
Wadesboro, N.C.; died in Charlotte, N.C., on December 24, 1905; 
interment in Eastview Cemetery, Wadesboro, N.C.