James Pinckney Scales (1830/31 – 1866) was a lawyer and state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives including as the 29th Speaker of the House. He was from a prominent family. He was a Confederate officer during the American Civil War.[1]
J. P. Scales | |
|---|---|
| 29th Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives | |
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives | |
| In office November 5, 1861 – January 29, 1862 | |
| Preceded by | William A. Lake |
| Succeeded by | Lock E. Houston |
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Carroll County district | |
| In office November 7, 1859 – 1863 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1830 or 1831 North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | 1866 (aged 35–36) |
| Political party | Democratic |
He was born in North Carolina.[2] He was one of seven sons and three daughters of Robert Scales.[3] James graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1849.[4][5][6] He served as an officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War alongside many of his brothers, including Colonel Alfred Scales.[7][8][9]
He lived in Carrollton, Mississippi.[2] In September 1858 he received the Democratic nomination to fill a vacancy for Carroll County in the Mississippi House of Representatives.[10] He served that term from November 7, 1859 to February 11, 1860.[11] He was re-elected and served between 1860 and 1861.[12] He served in a third session beginning on November 5, 1861 at age 30.[11][13] He was elected Speaker on the first day of the session aged 30[2] or 31.[14] He wrote to governor John J. Pettus on November 25, 1862.[9][15]
Scales died in 1866 and was buried on April 2, 1866, in Evergreen Cemetery.[16]
Scales married Kate Lewis on April 24, 1860.[17] He was widowed before 1861.[2][16] He remarried before his death, and his second wife survived him alongside two children.[8][16]
References
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- ^ Founders and Builders of Greensboro, 1808-1908: Fifty Sketches. J.J. Stone & Company. 1925. pp. 239–240.
- ^ Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel (August 30, 1889). "Sketches of the History of the University of North Carolina: Together with a Catalogue of Officers and Students, 1789-1889". University – via Google Books.
- ^ Battle, Kemp Plummer (August 30, 1907). "From its beginning to the death of President Swain, 1789-1868". author – via Google Books.
- ^ Wheeler, John Hill (August 30, 1884). "Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians". Columbus print. works – via Google Books.
- ^ Smith, Timothy B. (April 8, 2010). Mississippi in the Civil War: The Home Front. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781626744387 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Death of James Pinkney Scales". Newspapers.com. 1866-05-11. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
- ^ a b "Letter from J. P. Scales to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 25, 1862 · Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi · Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi". cwrgm.org.
- ^ "Carroll County". Newspapers.com. 1858-09-08. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
- ^ a b Representatives, Mississippi Legislature House of (August 30, 1859). "Journal" – via Google Books.
- ^ Lowry, Robert; McCardle, William H. (1891). A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis. R.H. Henry & Company. p. 452. ISBN 978-0-7884-4821-8.
- ^ "Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi". Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi. Nov 1861 Reg Sess. Nov 1861 – via LLMC Digital.
- ^ Wakelyn, Jon L. (August 30, 2002). Confederates Against the Confederacy: Essays on Leadership and Loyalty. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780275973643 – via Google Books.
- ^ "mdah_757-943-03-16". collections.msdiglib.org.
- ^ a b c "Death of James Pinkney Scales". Newspapers.com. 1866-04-12. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
- ^ "Marriage of Kate Lewis and James Pinkney Scales". Newspapers.com. 1860-04-27. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
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