{{Short description|American politician (1811–1879)}} {{Use American English|date=March 2017}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2017}} {{for|the Montana judge|James T. Harrison (judge)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = James Thomas Harrison | office = Deputy from [[Mississippi]]<br />to the [[Provisional Congress of the Confederate States|Provisional Congress<br />of the Confederate States]] | term_start = February 4, 1861 | term_end = February 17, 1862 | predecessor = New constituency | successor = Constituency abolished | birth_date = {{Birth date|1811|11|30}} | birth_place = [[Pendleton, South Carolina]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1879|05|22|1811|11|30}} | death_place = [[Columbus, Mississippi]] | resting_place = [[Friendship Cemetery]],<br/>Columbus, Mississippi }} '''James Thomas Harrison''' (November 30, 1811 – May 22, 1879) was an American politician who served as a Deputy from [[Mississippi]] to the [[Provisional Congress of the Confederate States]] from 1861 to 1862.
==Biography== James Thomas Harrison was born on November 30, 1811, near [[Pendleton, South Carolina]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G-pEAQAAMAAJ |title=Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi: Embracing an Authentic and Comprehensive Account of the Chief Events in the History of the State and a Record of the Lives of Many of the Most Worthy and Illustrious Families and Individuals |date=1891 |publisher=Goodspeed |pages=884–885 |language=en}}</ref> He was the son of Thomas Harrison, a lawyer, military officer in the [[War of 1812]], and [[South Carolina Comptroller General|Comptroller General of South Carolina]]; and his wife, a daughter of U.S. Representative [[John B. Earle|John Baylis Earle]].<ref name=":0" /> Harrison graduated from the [[University of South Carolina]] at the age of 18.<ref name=":0" /> He then studied law under [[James L. Petigru]] in [[Charleston, South Carolina]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1834, Harrison moved to [[Macon, Mississippi]], to practice law.<ref name=":0" /> Two years later, he moved to [[Columbus, Mississippi]], and continued his law practice there.<ref name=":0" />
Harrison was selected as a Mississippi representative to the [[Provisional Congress of the Confederate States]] in 1861.<ref name="Warner">{{cite book |last1=Warner |first1=Ezra J. |last2=Yearns |first2=W. Buck|date=1975 |title=Biographical Register of the Confederate Congress |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Biographical_Register_of_the_Confederate/riBfDwAAQBAJ |location= |publisher=Louisiana State University Press |pages=111 |isbn= |access-date=10 April 2026}}</ref> He did not run for reelection and returned to the practice of law in Mississippi after his term in Congress expired. Harrison was later elected to the US Congress but was not seated due to his Confederate ties.<ref name="Warner" /> He died in Columbus on May 22, 1879.<ref name=":0" />
== Family == He was a descendant of [[Virginia Governor]] and [[United States Declaration of Independence]] signatory [[Benjamin Harrison V]] (1726–1791). He married Regina, the daughter of Thomas G. Blewett, in 1840.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rowland |first=Dunbar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TCUVAAAAYAAJ |title=Encyclopedia of Mississippi History: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions and Persons |date=1907 |publisher=S. A. Brant |pages=847–848 |language=en}}</ref> His daughter, Regina, married [[Lieutenant general|Lieutenant-General]] [[Stephen Dill Lee|Stephen D. Lee]] in 1865.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.genbarksdale.org/Stephen%20Dill%20Lee.html |title=Lieutenant General Stephen Dill Lee |access-date=August 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509125556/http://genbarksdale.org/Stephen%20Dill%20Lee.html |archive-date=May 9, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His son, [[James T. Harrison (lieutenant governor)|James T. Harrison]] (1848-1928), was the [[Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi]] from 1900 to 1904.<ref name=":0" />
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{Find a Grave|9768636}} * [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#978.39.19 James Thomas Harrison] at ''[[The Political Graveyard]]''
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