Wells, James Madison

Life Span
to
Full name
James Madison Wells
Place of Birth
Alexandria, LA
Burial Place
Pineville, LA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Slave State
Education
Other
Other Education
Alden Partridge Military Academy, CT; St. Joseph's College, KY; Cincinnati Law School.
Occupation
Politician
Farmer or Planter
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Republican
Government
Governor
Other state government
Local government
Date Event
The Republican governor of Louisiana vetoes early elections for New Orleans.
Fifth District military governor General Phil Sheridan removes several New Orleans officials from office.
Fifth District military governor General Phil Sheridan removes from office the sitting Louisiana governor.
Date Title
Philip H. Sheridan to Ulysses S. Grant, New Orleans, August 3, 1866.
Philip H. Sheridan to Andrew Johnson, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 1866.
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