James L. Evans
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Biography
Born in Clayville, Kentucky, Evans moved to Indiana, with his parents, who settled in Hancock County in 1837. He moved to Marion, Indiana, in 1845 and engaged in mercantile pursuits.
He settled in Noblesville in 1850 and continued mercantile pursuits. He also engaged in the grain-elevator business and in the pork-packing business.
Congress
Evans was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1879). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1878. He resumed the grain-elevator business.
Death
He died in Noblesville, Indiana on May 28, 1903, aged 78, and was interred in Crownland Cemetery.
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- People from Harrison County, Kentucky
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- People from Noblesville, Indiana
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- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
- 19th-century American merchants
- 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives