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Evans, Josiah James

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, United States senator, was born Nov. 27, 1786, in Marlborough, S. C. In 1812, 1813, and 1816 he was elected to the legislature; and by that body was made solicitor for the state from his district, which position he held for thir- In 1830 he was chosen a teen years. judge of the supreme court, which office he held until 1852, when he was elected to the United States senate for the term ending in 1859. He died May 6, 1.858.