Thorington, James
congressman, was born in North Carolina. Removing to Iowa, he was elected a representative from that state to the thirty-fourth congress.
THORINGTON, WILLIAM SEWELL, lawyer, jurist, author, was born July 30, 1847, in Montgomery, Ala. In 1867 he was admitted to the bar; has been city attorney of Montgomery, and judge advocategeneral for four years. He has been judge of the city court of Montgomery (law and equity court); associate justice of the supreme court of Alabama (appellate court), and declined re-election in 1892. He was appointed trustee of the State university of Alabama to succeed Hon. H. A. Herbert, and still fills that position. During 1864-65 he was in the confederate service with the Alabama corps of cadets, of which he was adjutant in 1865. This able lawyer and jurist has always been a resident in the place of his nativity. He was the author of several works. In 1897 he was elected dean of the law faculty in the university of Alabama.