Background
Stallworth, James Adams was born on April 7, 1822 in Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama, United States.
Stallworth, James Adams was born on April 7, 1822 in Evergreen, Conecuh County, Alabama, United States.
Born in Evergreen, Alabama, Stallworth attended Old Field Piney Woods Schools. He studied law.
He engaged as a planter. He was admitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice in Evergreen, Alabama. He served as solicitor for the second judicial circuit of Alabama in 1850 and 1855.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress.
Stallworth was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1857, to January 21, 1861, when he withdrew. He died near Evergreen, Alabama, August 31, 1861.
He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.
He served as member of the State house of representatives 1845–1848.