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  Rollins, James S.
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NameJames S. Rollins
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Columbia, Missouri , United States
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Born April 19, 1812
Died January 09, 1888 (76 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Dec 13, 2014 05:14pm
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InfoROLLINS, James Sidney, a Representative from Missouri; born in Richmond, Madison County, Ky., April 19, 1812; completed preparatory studies; attended Centre College, Danville, Ky., and was graduated from the University of Indiana at Bloomington in 1830; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1834 and commenced practice in Columbia, Mo.; served as major in the Black Hawk War; member of the state house of representatives 1838-1840, 1854, and 1867; delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1844; served in the state senate 1846-1848; unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1848 and 1857; elected as a Constitutional Unionist to the Thirty-seventh Congress and reelected as a Unionist to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1865); resumed the practice of his profession; delegate to the Philadelphia Union Convention in 1866; president of the board of curators of the University of Missouri from 1869 to 1886, when he resigned; died in Columbia, Boone County, Mo., January 9, 1888; interment in Columbia Cemetery.


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  11/04/1862 MO District 9 Won 73.35% (+46.71%)
  08/06/1860 MO District 2 Won 50.57% (+1.15%)
  08/07/1857 MO Governor - Special Election Lost 49.83% (-0.35%)
  08/07/1848 MO Governor Lost 40.98% (-18.04%)
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US House Speaker - Dec 07, 1863 C Robert Mallory
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