James A. Stallworth Explained

State1:Alabama
District1:1st
Term Start1:March 4, 1857
Term End1:January 12, 1861
Predecessor1:Percy Walker
Successor1:District inactive
Office2:Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
Term2:1845-1848
Birth Name:James Adams Stallworth
Birth Date:7 April 1822
Birth Place:Evergreen, Alabama
Death Place:Evergreen, Alabama
Party:Democratic

James Adams Stallworth (April 7, 1822 – August 31, 1861) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Born in Evergreen, Alabama, Stallworth attended Old Field Piney Woods Schools.He engaged as a planter.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice in Evergreen, Alabama.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1845–1848.He served as solicitor for the second judicial circuit of Alabama in 1850 and 1855.He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress.

Stallworth was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1857, to January 21, 1861, when he withdrew.He died near Evergreen, Alabama, August 31, 1861.He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.