James F. Izlar
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 1st district
In office
April 12, 1894 – March 3, 1895
Preceded byWilliam H. Brawley
Succeeded byWilliam Elliott
President Pro Tempore of the South Carolina Senate
In office
November 25, 1884 – December 18, 1889
Preceded byWilliam Wallace Harllee
Succeeded byHenry Adams Meetze
Member of the South Carolina Senate from Orangeburg County
In office
November 23, 1880 – December 18, 1889
Preceded bySamuel L. Duncan
Succeeded byJames William Stokes
Personal details
Born
James Ferdinand Izlar

November 25, 1832
Orangeburg, South Carolina
DiedMay 26, 1912(1912-05-26) (aged 79)
Orangeburg, South Carolina
Resting placeOrangeburg, South Carolina
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materEmory College
Professionlawyer, politician, judge
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James Ferdinand Izlar (November 25, 1832 – May 26, 1912) was an American lawyer, Confederate veteran of the Civil War, and politician who served part of one term as a U.S. Representative from South Carolina in 1894 and early 1895.[1] He was also a slave owner.[2][3]

Early life and education

Born near Orangeburg, South Carolina, Izlar attended the common schools.[4] He graduated from Emory College in Oxford, Georgia, in 1855. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1858.

Civil War

He served as an officer in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. After the war, he resumed the practice of law in Orangeburg.[4]

Political career

He served as member of the State senate 1880–1890, and was elected by the general assembly to be judge of the first judicial circuit in 1889. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1884.

Congress

Izlar was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William H. Brawley and served from April 12, 1894, to March 3, 1895. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894.

Later career and death

After leaving Congress, he again engaged in the practice of law in Orangeburg until 1907, when he retired. He died at his home in Orangeburg on May 26, 1912, and was interred in the Episcopal Cemetery.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Bioguide Search". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  2. ^ Weil, Julie Zauzmer; Blanco, Adrian; Dominguez, Leo. "More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation". Washington Post. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, January 27, 2022, retrieved January 29, 2022
  4. ^ a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. IV. James T. White & Company. 1893. p. 505. Retrieved December 8, 2020 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "South Carolina News". Yorkville Enquirer. May 28, 1912. p. 2. Retrieved December 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Funeral of Judge Izlar". The Newberry Weekly Herald. May 31, 1912. p. 3. Retrieved December 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byWilliam H. Brawley Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 1st congressional district 1894-1895 Succeeded byWilliam Elliott
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