James Phelan Sr.
James Phelan | |
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Confederate States Senator from Mississippi | |
| In office February 18, 1862 – February 17, 1864 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | John Watson |
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| Born | October 11, 1821 Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | May 17, 1873 (aged 51) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | James Phelan Jr. |
| Relatives | John Dennis Phelan (brother) Phelan Beale (grandnephew) |
James Phelan Sr. (October 11, 1821 – May 17, 1873) was a senator in the
Confederate Congress during the American Civil War from the state of Mississippi
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Biography
He was born in
New York city, and afterwards moved to New Jersey, where he was cashier of the Bank of New Brunswick, moving to Huntsville, Alabama in 1818.[1]
James Phelan was apprenticed as a printer to the Democrat at fourteen years of age, subsequently edited the Flag of the Union, a Democratic organ, and became state printer in 1843. He was admitted to the bar in 1846, moved to Mississippi in 1849, and settled in Aberdeen, where he soon established a large practice.
He became a member of the
judge advocate till the end of the war, when he settled in Memphis, Tennessee, and practised law in a firm formed with Henry T. Ellett
in that city until his death.
He was interred in Aberdeen, Mississippi, following his death at the age of 51.
Personal life
His brother, John Dennis Phelan, was a noted lawyer, jurist and politician. His son James Phelan Jr. became a congressman.
Notes
- ^ Robert Early Phelan entry at Encyclopedia of American biography: New series, Volume 22, American Historical Society, 1959
References
- This article incorporates facts obtained from: Lawrence Kestenbaum, The Political Graveyard
- Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1892). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
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