James Henderson Blount
James Henderson Blount | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 6th district | |
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1893 | |
Preceded by | William P. Price |
Succeeded by | Thomas B. Cabaniss |
Personal details | |
Born | Clinton, Jones County, Georgia | September 12, 1837
Died | March 8, 1903 Macon, Bibb County, Georgia | (aged 65)
Political party | Democratic |
Children | Dorothy Blount Lamar |
Alma mater | University of Georgia |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Confederate States Army, United States Army |
Years of service | 4 years |
James Henderson Blount (September 12, 1837 – March 8, 1903) was an American statesman, soldier and congressman from Georgia. He opposed the annexation of Hawaii in 1893 in his investigation into the American involvement in the political revolution in the
Early life
Blount was born near Clinton, Jones County, Georgia. He attended private schools there and in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1858. He studied law and was admitted to the Georgia bar in 1859. During the American Civil War he served in the Confederate States Army as a private in the Second Georgia Battalion, Floyd Rifles for two years, and was later lieutenant colonel for two years.
Political career
Blount served in the
Hawai'i
After a coup overthrew
Blount recommended the rejection of annexation and stated that the natives should be allowed to continue their ways. When Blount blamed the U.S. consul for providing assistance for the overthrow, Cleveland proposed to use American military force to overthrow the new government by force and reinstall Liliuokalani as an absolute monarch. When the deposed Queen refused to grant amnesty as a condition of her reinstatement, she was accused of telling an American official she would "behead" the current government leaders and confiscate their property,[2] Cleveland referred the matter to Congress.
The U.S. Senate, under Democratic control but angered at being shut out of a major foreign policy issue by Cleveland, then produced its own report, written by Senator
Death
Blount died at the age of 65 in
He is the namesake to the community of Blount, Georgia.[4]
Notes
- ^ New Georgia Encyclopedia: James Blount (1837 - 1903)
- ^ Warren Zimmermann, First Great Triumph: How Five Americans Made Their Country a World Power (2004) p 290
- ^ Tennant S. McWilliams, "James H. Blount, the South, and Hawaiian Annexation." Pacific Historical Review 1988 57(1): 25-46. in Jstor; Davis R. Dewey, National Problems: 1880–1897 (1907), ch 19 pp 297-304 is online at [1]
- ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
References
- United States Congress. "James Henderson Blount (id: B000568)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-13
- James Henderson Blount - American Rebel Separatist
External links
- Works by James Henderson Blount at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about James Henderson Blount at Internet Archive
- James Henderson Blount Letters at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library