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Norton, James (Farmer legislator member)

farmer, legislator, member of congress, was born Oct. 8, 1843, in Marion county, S. C. He received the rudiments of his education in the common schools, and graduated from the Crouchatow academy. In 1870-72 he was school commissioner of his native county; in 1886-87, and 1890-92 he served with distinction as a member of the South Carolina house of representatives; and in 1894 was elected comptroller general of his state, receiving the re-election in 1896.

In 1897 he resigned that position to serve in the fifty-fifth congress of the United States. He is a successful farmer of Mullins, S. C.