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James Minor Quarles (February 8, 1823March 3, 1901) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 8th congressional district. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1823 ( MDCCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. The 8th Congressional District of Tennessee is a congressional district in Tennessee.

Quarles was born near Louisa Court House in Louisa County, Virginia. Louisa County is a county located in the US state &mdash officially " Commonwealth " &mdash of Virginia. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state He attended the common schools, and in 1833 moved to Kentucky with his father, who settled in Christian County. The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Christian County is a County located in the US state of Kentucky. He completed preparatory studies, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1845. A bar association is a Professional body of Lawyers Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in their Jurisdiction He commenced practice in Clarksville, Tennessee. Clarksville is a city in Montgomery County Tennessee, USA Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County and is Tennessee 's fifth largest city

In 1853, he was elected to the tenth judicial circuit, and he served until 1859 when he resigned, having been elected to the Thirty-sixth Congress as a member of the Opposition Party. The Thirty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government consisting of the United States Senate and This entry describes a particular political group in the 19th century He was a U. S. Representative from March 4, 1859, to March 3, 1861. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army brigade of his brother, Brigadier General William A. Quarles, until the close of the war. 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 The War Department was established by the Confederate Congress in an act on February 21, 1861. A brigade is a Military unit Echelon: is Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General. William Andrew Quarles ( July 4, 1825 &ndash December 28, 1893) was a Tennessee lawyer politician railroad executive and a general He moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1872 and continued the practice of law. He was elected a judge of the criminal court in 1878, and he served until 1882 when he resigned and again resumed his law practice.

Quarles died in Nashville and was interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Burial, also called interment and inhumation, is the act of placing a person or object into the ground Mount Olivet Cemetery is a 250 acre (1 km² Cemetery located in Nashville Tennessee.


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