Samuel Jameson Gholson (May 19, 1808 – October 16, 1883) was a United States representative from Mississippi, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and a General in the Confederate States Army.
Samuel Jameson Gholson
Mississippi Northern District Court
Born 1808 in Madison County, KY
Died 1883 in Aberdeen, MS
FJC ID: 843
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Aberdeen, Mississippi1866–1878, 1878–1883
State representative · 1835–1836, 1839, 1865–1866, 1878- Confederate Army major general1861–1865
- Mississippi State Militia lieutenant1846
- Private practice, Athens, Mississippi1830–1839
- U.S. representative from Mississippi1836–1837, 1837–1838
Appointments
1839–1861 · Appointed by Martin Van Buren (Democratic)Term ended: Resignation
1839–1861 · Appointed by Martin Van Buren (Democratic)Term ended: Resignation
Education
- Read law1829