James A. Cravens
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Biography
Born in Rockingham County, Virginia, Cravens moved near Hardinsburg, Indiana with his father in 1820 where he attended public schools as a child. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and livestock raising.
Mexican-American War
served in the Mexican–American War as Major (United States) of the 2nd Indiana Volunteer Regiment from 1846 to 1847 and was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1848 and 1849. Cravens served in the Indiana Senate from 1850 to 1853, was commissioned a brigadier general in the Indiana Militia in 1854.
Political career
He was elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1860, serving from 1861 to 1865, not being a candidate for renomination in 1864. During the lame-duck session of the 38th Congress, he voted against the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery.
He was a delegate to the National Union Convention in 1866 and to the Democratic National Convention in 1868.
Later career and death
He resumed agricultural pursuits until his death in Hardinsburg, Indiana on June 20, 1893. He was interred in Hardin Cemetery in Hardinsburg.
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- 1818 births
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- Democratic Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives
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- United States Army officers
- People from Rockingham County, Virginia
- American military personnel of the Mexican–American War
- People of Indiana in the American Civil War
- American people of the Mexican–American War
- People from Washington County, Indiana
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- 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
- 19th-century members of the Indiana General Assembly