James W. Singleton

James Washington Singleton ( born November 23, 1811 in Paxton, Frederick County, Virginia, † April 4, 1892 in Baltimore, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1879 and 1883 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Singleton attended Winchester Academy in Virginia. In 1834 he moved to Mount Sterling in Illinois. He studied medicine and practiced for some time as a doctor. After studying law and his 1838 was admitted to the bar he began in Mount Sterling to work in this profession. In addition, he worked in agriculture. In 1844, Singleton was brigadier general in the state militia of Illinois. In this capacity he was involved in the so-called Mormon War, in which he played an obscure role. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In the years 1847 and 1861 he was a delegate to each meetings to revise the State Constitution. From 1850 to 1854, and in 1861 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Illinois. Since 1854 he lived in Quincy. In 1868 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress yet. Singleton has been renowned in the railroad business and was involved in the construction of several lines. Eventually, he became president of two railway companies.

In the congressional elections of 1878 Singleton was in the eleventh electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Robert M. Knapp on March 4, 1879. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1883 two legislative sessions. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Singleton worked on his farm in agriculture. Around the year 1891 he moved to Baltimore, where he died on 4 April 1892. He was buried in Winchester.