James W. Stone

James W. Stone (* 1813 in Taylorsville, Kentucky, † October 13, 1854 ) was an American politician. Between 1843 and 1853 he represented two times the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Stone attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. In his home country he first held a number of local offices, before he was elected to the House of Representatives from Kentucky in 1837 and 1839.

In the congressional elections of 1842 Stone was in the fifth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Burton Thompson on March 4, 1843. Since he lost to Bryan Rust Young of the Whig Party in the elections of 1844, he was initially able to do only one term in Congress until March 3, 1845. This period was characterized by the tensions between President John Tyler and the Whigs. It was also at that time already been discussed about a possible annexation of the independent Republic of Texas since 1836 by Mexico.

In the congressional elections of 1850 Stone was re-elected for the fifth district in Congress, where he replaced John Burton Thompson again on March 4, 1851 which was also in the meantime returned to the House of Representatives. By March 3, 1853 Stone could spend another term in Congress. This was determined by the discussions on the issue of slavery prior to the Civil War. In 1852, James Stone was defeated in the congressional elections Clement S. Hill, the candidate of the Whig Party. He died on 13 October 1854 in his birthplace Taylorsille.