John Durant Ashmore | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromSouth Carolina's5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1859 – December 21, 1860 | |
| Preceded by | James L. Orr |
| Succeeded by | District eliminated (Robert Smalls after district re-established in 1875) |
| 13thComptroller General of South Carolina | |
| In office 1853 – 1857 | |
| Governor | John Lawrence Manning James Hopkins Adams Robert F.W. Allston |
| Member of theSouth Carolina House of Representatives | |
| In office 1848 – 1853 | |
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| Born | (1819-08-18)August 18, 1819 |
| Died | December 5, 1871(1871-12-05) (aged 52) |
| Resting place | Sardis, Mississippi, US |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | planter |
John Durant Ashmore (August 18, 1819 – December 5, 1871) was aU.S. Representative fromSouth Carolina, and a cousin ofRobert T. Ashmore.
Born inGreenville District, South Carolina, Ashmore attended the common schools. He studiedlaw and was admitted to the bar but never practiced. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and owned slaves.[1][2]
Ashmore served as member of theSouth Carolina House of Representatives 1848–1853 and asComptroller General of South Carolina 1853–1857. Ashmore was elected as aDemocrat to theThirty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1859, until his resignation on December 21, 1860, upon the attemptedsecession of South Carolina from theUnited States of America.[3]
He served as chairman of the Committee on Mileage (Thirty-sixth Congress).
He ran a plantation, but his journals do not record how many slaves he owned.[2]
During theCivil War, Ashmore was electedcolonel of the Fourth South Carolina Regiment, but resigned before the regiment was called into service.[1] After the Civil War, he sought a pardon for having aided in rebellion.[4]
He died inSardis, Mississippi, December 5, 1871. He was buried in Black Jack Cemetery, near Sardis, inPanola County, Mississippi.[1]
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| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromSouth Carolina's 5th congressional district 1859-1860 | Succeeded by District eliminated (Robert Smalls after district re-established in 1875) |
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