James Fletcher Epes | |
Image Name: | JamesFEpes.jpg |
State: | Virginia |
District: | 4th |
Term: | March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1895 |
Preceded: | John M. Langston |
Succeeded: | William R. McKenney |
Party: | Democratic |
Birth Date: | May 23, 1842 |
Birth Place: | Blackstone, Virginia |
Death Place: | "The Old Place," Blackstone, Virginia |
Resting Place: | Lake View Cemetery Blackstone, Virginia |
Profession: | lawyer |
Battles: | American Civil War |
Unit: | 3rd Virginia Cavalry Regiment |
Rank: | Corporal |
Alma Mater: | University of Virginia Washington and Lee University |
James Fletcher Epes (May 23, 1842 – August 24, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, cousin of Sidney Parham Epes.
Born near Blackstone, Virginia, Epes attended private schools and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville.During the Civil War he served in the Confederate States Army in Company E, Third Virginia Cavalry.He was graduated from the law department of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, in 1867.He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice at Nottoway Court House, Virginia.He also engaged in agricultural pursuits.He served as prosecuting attorney for Nottoway County during the years 1870–1883.
Epes was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894.He retired to his plantation, "The Old Place," near Blackstone, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death there August 24, 1910.He was interred in Lake View Cemetery, Blackstone, Virginia.