Trotter, James F., 1802-1866.

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James Fisher Trotter (1802-1866), born in Virginia, served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, 1827-1829; Mississippi state senator, 1829-1833; judge of the Mississippi Circuit Court, 1833 and 1866, and Supreme Court, 1839-1842; United States senator, 1838; and a professor of law at the University of Mississippi, 1860-1862.

From the guide to the James F. Trotter Paper, ., 1866, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

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creatorOf Trotter, James F., 1802-1866. James F. Trotter paper, 1866 [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf James F. Trotter Paper, ., 1866 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
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Mississippi
De Soto County (Miss.)
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Criminal law
Grand jury
Judges
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Birth 1802

Death 1866

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