James Graham Ramsay

James Graham Ramsay (March 1, 1823 – January 10, 1903) was a North Carolina politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.

Senator James Graham Ramsay

Biography

Ramsay was born in Iredell County, North Carolina. He served in the North Carolina Senate from 1856 to 1864 and again in 1883. He represented the state in the Second Confederate Congress.[1]

He lost two races for the United States House of Representatives during Reconstruction—in 1865 (losing to Samuel H. Walkup, who was not seated by the House) and in 1884 (losing to John S. Henderson).

He is buried in the Third Creek Presbyterian Church cemetery near Cleveland, North Carolina.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[3]

References
  1. Yearns, Buck (1994). "James Graham Ramsay". NCPEDIA. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  2. Davyd Foard Hood and Michael Hill (n.d.). "Third Creek Presbyterian Church and Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  • Ashe, Samuel A., ed. (1892). Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas. 2.
  • Journal of the Confederate Congress. 7. 1902.
  • Journal of the Senate of North Carolina, 1856–64, 1883–85.
  • Salisbury Daily Sun, 10 Jan. 1903.
  • Salisbury Post, 25 Aug. 1965.
  • Z. V. Walser Papers (Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [portrait]).
  • Ezra Warner and Buck Yearns, Biographical Register of the Confederate Congress (1975).
  • Fayetteville Observer, December 28, 1899
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