Nesmith, James Willis

Life Span
to
    Full name
    James Willis Nesmith
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    No. of Spouses
    1
    No. of Children
    7
    Family
    William Morrison Nesmith (father), Harriet Miller Nesmith (mother), Pauline Goff (wife) 
    Occupation
    Politician
    Military
    Attorney or Judge
    Farmer or Planter
    Businessman
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Political Parties
    Democratic
    Government
    Pierce Administration (1853-57)
    Buchanan Administration (1857-61)
    US Senate
    State legislature
    State supreme court
    State judge
    Military
    US military (Pre-Civil War)
    How to Cite This Page: "Nesmith, James Willis," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/42680.