{{Short description|American politician (1847–1920)}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2026}} {{infobox officeholder |name=James A. Daugherty |state=[[Missouri]] |district={{ushr|MO|15|15th}} |term_start=March 4, 1911 |term_end=March 3, 1913 |predecessor=[[Charles H. Morgan (politician)|Charles H. Morgan]] |successor=[[Perl D. Decker]] |birth_name=James Alexander Daugherty |birth_date={{birth date|1847|8|30}} |birth_place=[[Athens, Tennessee]], U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1920|1|26|1847|8|30}} |death_place=[[Carterville, Missouri]], U.S. |resting_place=Webb City Cemetery, [[Webb City, Missouri]], U.S. |party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |relatives=[[Leila Denmark]] (niece) |occupation=Politician, judge }} [[File:James A. Daugherty (Missouri Congressman).jpg|thumb|From 1912's ''Official Manual of the State of Missouri 1911 - 1912'']] '''James Alexander Daugherty''' (August 30, 1847 – January 26, 1920) was an American politician who was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] U.S. Representative and state judge from southwest [[Missouri]].
==Biography == Daugherty was born in [[Athens, Tennessee|Athens]], [[McMinn County]], [[Tennessee]], August 30, 1847.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?cd=1&id=Crw-AAAAYAAJ&dq=James+Alexander+Daugherty+democratic&q=%22James+Alexander+Daugherty%22+ Congressional Directory]'', Issue 1; Issue 83. Pg 56.</ref> He moved to Missouri with his parents, who settled near [[Carterville, Missouri|Carterville]], [[Jasper County, Missouri|Jasper County]], in 1867. As an adult he was active in all civic enterprises of the State and county. He also worked in farming,<ref>Congressional directory, Issue 1; Issue 83. Pg 56.</ref> stock raising, and mining<ref>Congressional directory, Issue 1; Issue 83. Pg 56.</ref> and assisted in developing the [[lead]] and [[zinc]] fields of Missouri. From 1890 to 1892 Daugherty held the post of associate judge for the western district of Jasper County, and then became the presiding judge from 1892 to 1896.
In 1897 Daugherty became a member of the [[Missouri House of Representatives|state house of representatives]] and was elected as a Democrat to the [[62nd United States Congress|Sixty-second Congress]] (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1912.
Simultaneously to this, Daugherty served as president of the First National Bank of Carterville from 1907 to 1920. He was re-appointed as the presiding judge of Jasper County on May 17, 1919, and served until his death. Daugherty died in Carterville, Jasper County, Missouri, on January 26, 1920, and was interred in Webb City Cemetery, [[Webb City, Missouri]]. His large dark granite memorial stone is near the main entrance of the cemetery.
==Family == Daugherty's niece is pediatrician and supercentenarian [[Leila Denmark]].
== References == <references/>
==External links== *{{CongBio|D000066}} *{{Find a Grave|21906249}}
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