James M. Gregg

James Madison Gregg ( born June 26, 1806 Patrick County, Virginia; † June 16, 1869 in Danville, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1857 and 1859 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Gregg attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1830 admitted to the bar he began to work in Danville in this profession. Between 1834 and 1837 he was director of land surveying in Hendricks County; 1837 to 1845, he served as usher at the local district court.

Politically, Gregg joined the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1856 he was in the sixth electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Lucien Barbour on March 4, 1857. Since he was not re-elected in 1858, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1859. This was determined by the events leading up to the Civil War.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives James Gregg practiced in Danville as a lawyer. In 1862 he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Indiana. He died on 16 June 1869 in Danville.