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Representative James Samuel Doggett View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 1/25/1888
Birth Place: Caroline, Virginia
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
House: 8 (1860)
Home County: Wapello
James Samuel Doggett
Wapello County
Born October 3, 1805, in Caroline County, Virginia, the son of Presley Doggett and Mary Samuel. He married Hannah Samples on 1826. In 1829 they lived near Louisville, Kentucky. They moved to Indiana in 1840. In 1848 they moved again to Wapello County, Blakesburg, Iowa. He served as a representative in the Eighth Iowa General Assembly. By 1866 he was living in Boulder County, Colorado, and served in the House of Representatives of the Colorado Territorial Legislature. Mr. Doggett died January 25, 1888, in Jewell County, Kansas.
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House District 12
Committees
8th GA (1860)
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8th GA (1860)