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Negley, James Scott

soldier, congressman, was born Dec. 26, 1826, in East , in East Liberty, Pa. He entered the volunteer service in 1861; in 1861; raised a brigade in three days, and was made brigadiergeneral. He defended Nashville in 1862; was promoted to a major-general for gallant services at Stone River; and served with credit in the campaign of Tallahoma, Alabama, and Georgia. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-first, forty-second, forty-third and forty-ninth congresses as a republican.