James H. Cravens

James Harrison Cravens ( born August 2, 1802 in Harrisonburg, Virginia; † December 4, 1876 in Osgood, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1841 and 1843 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Cravens was a second cousin of Congressman James A. Cravens ( 1818-1893 ). After studying law and his 1823 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Harrisonburg in this profession. In the same year he moved to Franklin in the State of Pennsylvania; In 1829 he came to Madison in Indiana, where he also worked in agriculture. At the same time he embarked on a political career.

In the years 1831 and 1832 Cravens sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Indiana. Since 1833 he has been resident in Ripley County, where he worked as a lawyer and a farmer. In 1839, Cravens was elected as a member of the Whig Party, founded in 1835 in the Senate of Indiana. In the congressional elections of 1840 he was in the fourth electoral district of his state in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Thomas Smith on March 4, 1841. Until March 3, 1843, he completed a term in Congress. There was discussed during these years about a possible annexation of the Republic of Mexico since 1836 independent Texas.

In 1852 James Cravens applied as a candidate of the Free Soil Party for the office of the Governor of Indiana, but with 2.1 percent of the vote, he wound up a third place behind the Whig candidate John A. Matson and the victorious Democrats Joseph Wright. Four years later, he ran unsuccessfully as well for the office of Attorney General of Indiana. During the Civil War Cravens lieutenant colonel was in a volunteer unit from Indiana. He came during a Confederate attack on Indiana ( Morgan's Raid) between time in captivity. He died on December 4, 1876 in Osgood, and was buried in Versailles.