Preceded by James L. Orr Role U.S. representative Political party Democratic Party Democratic Party | Profession planter Resting place Sardis Name John Ashmore | |
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Succeeded by District eliminated
(Robert Smalls after district re-established in 1875) Governor John Lawrence Manning
James Hopkins Adams
Robert F.W. Allston Born August 18, 1819
Greenville District, South Carolina ( 1819-08-18 ) Died December 5, 1871, Sardis, Mississippi, United States | ||
John Durant Ashmore (August 18, 1819 – December 5, 1871) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, and a cousin of Robert T. Ashmore.
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Early life and education
Born in Greenville District, South Carolina, Ashmore attended the common schools. He studied law and was admitted to the bar but never practiced. He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Political and business career
Ashmore served as member of the South Carolina House of Representatives 1848–1853 and as Comptroller General of South Carolina 1853–1857. Ashmore was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1859, until his resignation on December 21, 1860 upon the attempted secession of South Carolina from the United States of America. He served as chairman of the Committee on Mileage (Thirty-sixth Congress).
He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Greenville, South Carolina.
Military career
During the Civil War, Ashmore was elected colonel of the Fourth South Carolina Regiment, but resigned before the regiment was called into service.
Death and legacy
He died in Sardis, Mississippi, December 5, 1871. He was buried in Black Jack Cemetery, near Sardis, in Panola County, Mississippi.