James M. Hinds

Quill platform ID: p11334.

"(December 5, 1833 -- October 22, 1868) James Hinds was a(n) lawyer, public servant, commissioner, and American politician. Hinds was born in Hebron, New York and moved to Minnesota and then Little Rock, Arkansas in 1865. James studied law and was admitted to the bar. He served as district attorney, United States district attorney for the State of Minnesota, and was a Commissioner to codify State laws in Arkansas. He also joined an expedition under Governor Sibley against Indians (1862) and was a delegate from Pulaski County to the State constitutional convention in 1867. Hinds was elected as a Republican to the 40th Congress (June 22, 1868 - until assassinated in October 22, 1868). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H000631]"

Member of Arkansas Delegation—United States Fifteenth Amendment.

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