James Lawrence Pugh (December 12, 1820 – March 9, 1907) was a U.S. senator from Alabama, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. The Congress of the Confederate States was the legislative body of the Confederate States of America, existing during the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865 Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South

Pugh was born in Burke County, Georgia, and moved to Alabama in 1824. Burke County is a County located in the US state of Georgia. As of 2000 the population was 22243 Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. He was admitted to the bar in 1841. He represented Alabama's second district in the United State House of Representatives from 1859 to 1861. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate.

He then served as an officer in the Confederate States Army. The War Department was established by the Confederate Congress in an act on February 21, 1861. He was subsequently elected as a representative to both the First Confederate Congress and the Second Confederate Congress. The First Confederate Congress was the first regular session of the legislature of the Confederate States of America. The Second Confederate Congress was the second and last regular session of the legislature of the Confederate States of America.

Following the war and the restoration of his citizenship, Pugh was a delegate to the 1875 state constitutional convention. He was elected to fill the term left by the death of George S. Houston, and was reelected twice, serving in the Senate from November 24, 1880 to March 3, 1897. George Smith Houston ( January 17, 1811 &ndash December 31, 1879) was an American Democratic Politician who Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common He did not run for a fourth term.

References

• James L. Pugh at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Congressional biography
• Political graveyard