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Samuel Jameson Gholson
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi · 1839
Samuel Jameson Gholson , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Samuel Jameson Gholson (May 19, 1808 – October 16, 1883) was a United States representative from Mississippi, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and a General in the Confederate States Army.
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Career
Private practice, Athens, Mississippi, 1830-1839; State representative, Mississippi, 1835-1836, 1839, 1865-1866, 1878; U.S. representative from Mississippi, 1836-1837, 1837-1838; Mississippi State Militia lieutenant, 1846; Confederate Army major general, 1861-1865; Private practice, Aberdeen, Mississippi, 1866-1878, 1878-1883
Biography
Samuel Jameson Gholson (May 19, 1808 – October 16, 1883) was a United States representative from Mississippi, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and a General in the Confederate States Army.
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