James Mann (1822–1868) Explained

James Mann
Birthname:James Mann
State:Louisiana
District:2nd
Term Start:July 18, 1868
Term End:August 26, 1868
Predecessor:Michael Hahn (Vacant 1863–1868)
Successor:Lionel A. Sheldon
Birth Date:22 June 1822
Birth Place:Gorham, Maine, U.S.
Death Place:New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Service:Union Army
Rank:Major
Unit:Paymaster
Office1:Member of the Maine House of Representatives
Term Start1:1849
Term End1:1850
Office2:Member of the Maine Senate
Term Start2:1851
Term End2:1853
Profession:Politician, Treasury Agent

James Mann (June 22, 1822, Gorham, Maine – August 26, 1868, New Orleans, Louisiana) was a 19th-century American Civil War veteran and politician.

Biography

He served in the Maine legislature and was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district but died just five weeks into his term in 1868.

Civil War

Mann was a member of the Maine House of Representatives (1849–50) and Maine Senate (1851–53). He was a major in the Union Army during the American Civil War, serving as a paymaster.

After the war

After the war, he remained in New Orleans as a Treasury agent.

Congress and death

He was elected as part of Louisiana's next congressional delegation after the state was readmitted to representation. He took his seat on July 18, 1868, and died on August 26, 1868.

The special election to succeed Mann was won by John Willis Menard, the first African American ever elected to Congress, but the House of Representatives declined to seat him.

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