Researching James Norton
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The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Norton on Ancestry
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James Norton (South Carolina politician)
James Norton (October 8, 1843 – October 14, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Born near Mullins, South Carolina, Norton pursued an academic course, then he left school in 1861 to enter the Confederate States Army. He served throughout the Civil War in the Army of Northern Virginia. After the war, Norton reentered school but did not finish the regular course.
He was a teacher in the public schools 1866-1870, and engaged in agricultural pursuits and merchandising.
Norton was elected county school commissioner in 1870 and reelected in 1872. He served as a member of the Statehouse of representatives in 1886, 1887, 1890, and 1891. He served as assistant comptroller general of South Carolina 1890-1894, then the actual comptroller general of the State from 1894 until 1897, when he resigned.
Norton was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John L. McLaurin. He was re-elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress and served from December 6, 1897, to March 3, 1901. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress.
He resumed agricultural pursuits and also engaged in the real estate business. He was again a member of the Statehouse of representatives in 1907-1908.
He died in Mullins, South Carolina, October 14, 1920. He was interred in Miller's Churchyard.
Source: James Norton (South Carolina politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJames Norton (solicitor)
James Norton (27 July 1795 – 31 August 1862) was a solicitor and public figure in early colonial New South Wales. Admitted to practise in England, he arrived in Sydney in September 1818 where only four other attorneys were then practising. He was the founder of the first law firm in Sydney. He was a member of the first Legislative Council under responsible government in New South Wales in 1856, and drafted numerous laws. He held land at Mulgoa which was farmed and owned Elswick, a 30 ha estate in what is now Leichhardt where he grew prize flowers and plants. He was a leading Sydney member of the Anti-Transportation League and a protectionist in whose cause he published a series of pamphlets.
Source: James Norton (solicitor), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Norton
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