John T. Harris

John T. Harris

Infobox_Congressman
name=John Thomas Harris



state=Virginia
district=9th, 6th & 7th
term=March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1881
preceded=John Letcher
William Milnes, Jr.
Elliott M. Braxton
succeeded=Rees Bowen
Thomas Whitehead
John Paul
date of birth=birth date|1823|5|8|mf=y
place of birth=Browns Gap, Virginia, U.S.
date of death=death date|1899|10|14|mf=y
place of death=Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S.
spouse=
profession=Politician, Lawyer, Judge
religion=
party=Independent Democrat, Democrat|

John Thomas Harris (May 8, 1823 – October 14, 1899) was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Virginia. He was the first cousin of John Hill.

Born in Browns Gap, Virginia, Harris completed academic studies, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1845, commencing practice in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He was the commonwealth attorney for Rockingham County, Virginia from 1852 to 1859 and was elected an Independent Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1858, serving from 1859 to 1861. He ran for reelection, but the seat was terminated from Congress due to Virginia's succession from the Union on April 17, 1861. Harris was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1863 to 1865 and judge of the twelfth judicial circuit of Virginia from 1866 to 1869. On the readmission of Virginia to the Union in 1869, Harris ran for the House of Representatives at a special election held in July, 1869, but was unsuccessful. He was later elected back to the House as a Democrat in 1870, serving from 1871 to 1881. Their, he served as chairman of the Committee on Elections from 1875 to 1879 and chairman of the Committee on Revision of Laws from 1879 to 1881. Harris declined a unanimous renomination in 1880 and was chairman of the Virginia Democratic Convention in 1884 and was commissioner to the World’s Fair in Chicago, Illinois. He died in Harrisonburg, Virginia on October 14, 1899 and was interned their in Woodbine Cemetery.

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7772497 John T. Harris] at Find A Grave

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state=Virginia
district=9
before=John Letcher
after=Rees Bowen(1)
years=March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
USRepSuccessionBox
state=Virginia
district=6
before=William Milnes, Jr.
after=Thomas Whitehead
years=March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
USRepSuccessionBox
state=Virginia
district=7
before=Elliott M. Braxton
after=John Paul
years=March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1881


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