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J. P. Scales
29th Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
In office
November 5, 1861 (1861-11-05) – January 29, 1862 (1862-01-29)
Preceded byWilliam A. Lake
Succeeded byLock E. Houston
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Carroll County district
In office
November 7, 1859 (1859-11-07) – 1863
Personal details
Born1830 or 1831
North Carolina, U.S.
Died1866(1866-00-00) (aged 35–36)
Political partyDemocratic

James Pinckney Scales (1830/31 – 1866) was a lawyer and state legislator in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives including as the 29th Speaker of the House. He was from a prominent family. He was a Confederate officer during the American Civil War.[1]

He was born in North Carolina.[2] He was one of seven sons and three daughters of Robert Scales.[3] James graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1849.[4][5][6] He served as an officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War alongside many of his brothers, including Colonel Alfred Scales.[7][8][9]

He lived in Carrollton, Mississippi.[2] In September 1858 he received the Democratic nomination to fill a vacancy for Carroll County in the Mississippi House of Representatives.[10] He served that term from November 7, 1859 to February 11, 1860.[11] He was re-elected and served between 1860 and 1861.[12] He served in a third session beginning on November 5, 1861 at age 30.[11][13] He was elected Speaker on the first day of the session aged 30[2] or 31.[14] He wrote to governor John J. Pettus on November 25, 1862.[9][15]

Scales died in 1866 and was buried on April 2, 1866, in Evergreen Cemetery.[16]

Scales married Kate Lewis on April 24, 1860.[17] He was widowed before 1861.[2][16] He remarried before his death, and his second wife survived him alongside two children.[8][16]

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  1. ^ "Founders and Builders of Greensboro, 1808-1908: Fifty Sketches". J.J. Stone & Company. August 30, 1925 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c d "125974-broadside-01.tif - Miscellaneous Broadsides". da.mdah.ms.gov. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  3. ^ Founders and Builders of Greensboro, 1808-1908: Fifty Sketches. J.J. Stone & Company. 1925. pp. 239–240.
  4. ^ Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel (August 30, 1889). "Sketches of the History of the University of North Carolina: Together with a Catalogue of Officers and Students, 1789-1889". University – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Battle, Kemp Plummer (August 30, 1907). "From its beginning to the death of President Swain, 1789-1868". author – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Wheeler, John Hill (August 30, 1884). "Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians". Columbus print. works – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Smith, Timothy B. (April 8, 2010). Mississippi in the Civil War: The Home Front. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781626744387 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ a b "Death of James Pinkney Scales". Newspapers.com. 1866-05-11. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  9. ^ a b "Letter from J. P. Scales to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 25, 1862 · Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi · Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi". cwrgm.org.
  10. ^ "Carroll County". Newspapers.com. 1858-09-08. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  11. ^ a b Representatives, Mississippi Legislature House of (August 30, 1859). "Journal" – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Lowry, Robert; McCardle, William H. (1891). A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis. R.H. Henry & Company. p. 452. ISBN 978-0-7884-4821-8.
  13. ^ "Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi". Journal of the House of Representatives of the state of Mississippi. Nov 1861 Reg Sess. Nov 1861 – via LLMC Digital.
  14. ^ Wakelyn, Jon L. (August 30, 2002). Confederates Against the Confederacy: Essays on Leadership and Loyalty. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780275973643 – via Google Books.
  15. ^ "mdah_757-943-03-16". collections.msdiglib.org.
  16. ^ a b c "Death of James Pinkney Scales". Newspapers.com. 1866-04-12. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  17. ^ "Marriage of Kate Lewis and James Pinkney Scales". Newspapers.com. 1860-04-27. Retrieved 2024-11-20.


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