Background
James Golladay was born in 1819 in Lebanon, Tennessee. His father Isaac was a descendant of French Hugenots who emigrated to Virginia about 1700 to escape religious persecution in France.
United States representative lawyer politician
James Golladay was born in 1819 in Lebanon, Tennessee. His father Isaac was a descendant of French Hugenots who emigrated to Virginia about 1700 to escape religious persecution in France.
He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives and Senate, followed by two terms as a United States Representative for the 3rd congressional district (1867 to 1870). The spelling of the family name is likely an anglicised version of the French surname "Gallaudet". His mother was of German ancestry, with immigrant ancestors who arrived later in the 18th century.
After attending public school, Jacob moved in 1838 to Logan County, Kentucky (later organized as Todd County), where he worked for seven years in a wholesale store.
In 1845 he settled in Allensville, on the southern border of the state, where he started a practice as a lawyer In 1846 Golladay married Elizabeth Cheatham, step-daughter of Professor
VV. K. Bolling, of Nashville, Tennessee, who became president of the American Medical Association. They had five children: Melissa, John Jacob, Archer, Bowling, and Elizabeth.
Only Bowling survived to adulthood.
He was educated at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He resigned in 1853 to take up a seat in the Kentucky Senate, stepping down in 1855 after a single term. In 1860, Golladay was chosen as an elector for Constitutional Union Party presidential candidate John Bell and running mate Edward Everett for the Kentucky"s 3rd congressional district.
On December 5, 1867 he was elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth Congress, representing Kentucky"s 3rd congressional district following the death of the previous Representative, Elijah Hise.
He was re-elected to the Forty-first Congress but retired on February 28, 1870, before the end of his term. After Congress, Golladay resumed his legal practice in Allensville, Kentucky.
This party favored preservation of the Union, but urged compromise and peaceful solutions.
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