James S. Green

Infobox Senator
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name = James S. Green
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imagesize = 200 px
caption = Early sketch of the Senator
jr/sr = Class 3 United States Senator
state = Missouri
term_start = January 12, 1857
term_end = March 3, 1861
preceded = David Rice Atchison
succeeded = Waldo P. Johnson
order2 = 7^th
title2 = Chargé d'Affaire to New Granada
term_start2 = December 19, 1853
term_end2 = August 13, 1854
president2 = Franklin Pierce
predecessor2 = Yelverton P. King
successor2 = James B. Bowlin
state3 = Missouri
district3 = 3^rd
term_start3 = March 4, 1847
term_end3 = March 3, 1851
preceded3 = James Hugh Relfe
succeeded3 = William Augustus Hall
birth_date = birth date|1817|2|28
birth_place = Rectortown, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA
death_date = death date and age|1870|1|19|1817|2|28
death_place = St. Louis, Missouri, USA
restingplace = Old Cemetery, Canton, Missouri, USA
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birthname = James Stephen Green
nationality = American
party = Democratic
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relations = Martin E. Green (brother)
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occupation = Politician
profession = Law
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committees = Committee on Territories
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James Stephen Green (February 28, 1817 – January 19, 1870) was a United States Representative and Senator from Missouri.

Early life and education

Born near Rectortown in Fauquier County, Virginia, he attended the common schools and moved to Alabama and then to Missouri about 1838. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in Monticello, Missouri.

Family

His brother, Martin E. Green became a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War.

Political career

He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1845 and was elected as a Democrat to the 30th and 31st Congresses, serving from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1851. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1850, and was Charge d’Affaires to Colombia in 1853-1854.

He was appointed Minister Resident in June 1854, but did not present his credentials; he was elected to the 35th Congress, but did not take his seat, having been elected to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy in the term commencing March 4, 1855, and served from January 12, 1857, to March 3, 1861. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Territories (35th and 36th Congresses).

Death

Green died in St. Louis, Missouri in 1870, his interment was in the Old Cemetery, Canton.

External links

*CongBio|G000414
*findagrave|7322592