James A. Blount
James A. Blount | |
|---|---|
 c. 1917 | |
| Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 27th district 28th (1916-1917) | |
| In office January 1944 – January 1948 | |
| In office January 1916 – 1917 | |
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Tallahatchie County district | |
| In office January 1948 – January 1952 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 29, 1884 Charleston, Mississippi |
| Died | October 6, 1974 (aged 89) Charleston, Mississippi |
| Political party | Democrat |
James Andrew Blount (December 29, 1884 – October 6, 1974) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi Senate from 1916 to 1917 and from 1944 to 1948. He also was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1948 to 1952.
Biography
[edit]James Andrew Blount was born on December 29, 1884, in Williamsburg, Mississippi.[1][2][3] He was the son of Thomas C. Blount.[1] He graduated from Millsaps College in 1908 with PhD and B. S. degrees.[1] From 1909 to 1910, he took a post-graduate course at the University of Mississippi.[1]
He was the Superintendent of Schools in Charleston, Mississippi, for 3 years in the late 1900s (decade).[1] He then went back to college to study law.[1] He received a L. L. B. from Millsaps College in 1913.[1]
Political career
[edit]In November 1915, he was elected to represent Mississippi's 28th district in the Mississippi Senate as a Democrat for the 1916–1920 term.[1] He served the term until 1917, when he went to fight in World War I.[1] In the war, he was promoted to captain (he later retired from the U. S. Army as a colonel).[2][4] After the war, he was the Tallahatchie County prosecuting Attorney from 1928 to 1940.[2] He then represented Mississippi's 27th district in the Mississippi Senate from 1944 to 1948.[2] He represented Tallahatchie County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1948 to 1952.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Blount was married to Ethel Harvey; they had no children.[4] Blount died on October 6, 1974, in the Tallahatchie County Hospital in Charleston, Mississippi.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
- ^ a b c d Mississippi. Legislature (January 1, 1944). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1944]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.
- ^ a b "James Blount in Social Security Death Index". Fold3. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Blount Rites Slated Monday". Clarion-Ledger. October 7, 1974. p. 5. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
- ^ Mississippi. Legislature (January 1, 1948). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1948]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.