James Capehart

James Capehart ( born March 7, 1847 in Point Pleasant, Virginia, † April 28, 1921 in Cocoa, Florida ) was an American politician. Between 1891 and 1895 he represented the fourth electoral district of the state of West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Capehart was born 1847 in Point Pleasant, which at that time was still part of Virginia since 1863 and is located in the newly established State of West Virginia. He attended the common schools and the Marietta College in Ohio and the Duff's Commercial College in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania). He then worked as a clerk and bookkeeper in his father's business. Between 1867 and 1903 Capehart was active in addition to his other activities in agriculture and especially in the field of animal husbandry. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. In the years 1871 and 1872 and from 1880 to 1885, he headed the administration of the District Court in Mason County. In 1888 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis, was nominated to the President Grover Cleveland for a second term. But Cleveland lost in the election to Benjamin Harrison.

1890 Capehart was selected in the fourth district of West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington. There he entered on March 4, 1891, the succession of Republican Charles Brooks Smith, whom he had defeated in the election. After a re-election in 1892 Capehart was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1895 two legislative sessions. In 1894 he gave up another candidacy. In 1901 he became president of the Point Pleasant National Bank. After 1903, he dealt with the fruit growing. He moved into the Brevard County, Florida, where he pursued this activity. James Capehart died on 28 April 1921 in his last place of residence Cocoa and was buried in Point Pleasant.