James Henderson Blount
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James Henderson Blount (September 12, 1837-March 8, 1903), an American statesman, served in the United States Congress representing the sixth district of Georgia from 1873 to 1893. He was appointed by President of the United States Grover Cleveland to be the United States Department of State Minister to Hawai'i with the mission of investigating the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai'i and the administration of Queen Lili'uokalani.
He was born near Clinton, Jones County, Georgia. He was Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Relations (1891-1893), and a Colonel in the Confederate Army.
Blount died in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, and is buried at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Georgia.
External links
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Blount, James Henderson (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000568)
This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.