Josiah J. Evans

Josiah James Evans ( born November 27, 1786 Marlboro District, South Carolina; † May 6, 1858 in Washington DC ) was an American politician (Democratic Party), who represented the state of South Carolina in the U.S. Senate.

Josiah Evans was born on the territory of present-day Marlboro County and spent the greater part of his life there. He took his degree in 1808 at South Carolina College in Columbia, studied law afterwards, was admitted to the Bar Association and began 1811 in his home district to practice as a lawyer.

1812 began his political career with the membership of the House of Representatives from South Carolina, where he remained until 1813. In 1816 he settled in Darlington District; it was followed by another term in the state legislature. From 1816 to 1829 Evans served as Attorney for the Northern District of South Carolina; after he was until 1835 a judge at the district court ( Circuit Court ). Also in 1829 he became a judge on the state Supreme Court, which he remained until 1852.

On March 4, 1853 Evans moved to a successful election to the U.S. Senate in Washington, where he became the successor of not more candidates William F. De Saussure. He took over as a result, among others, the chair of the Committee for output control of the Senate buried ( Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses ), but died before the end of his term in May 1858 in the German capital and was in Society Hill (South Carolina).