Background
Blount, James Henderson was born on March 3, 1869 in Clinton, Georgia, United States. Son of Honorary James Henderson (Medical Corps from Georgia and President Cleveland’s special commissioner to Hawaii, 1893) and Eugenia (Wiley) B.
Blount, James Henderson was born on March 3, 1869 in Clinton, Georgia, United States. Son of Honorary James Henderson (Medical Corps from Georgia and President Cleveland’s special commissioner to Hawaii, 1893) and Eugenia (Wiley) B.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Georgia, 1887. Columbia University Law School, New York, 1890-1891. Admitted to bar, 1888.
Practiced at Macon, Georgia. First lieutenant 3d United States Volunteer Infantry, Spanish-American War, 1898. First lieutenant 29th Volunteer Infantry, 1899-1901.
United States district judge (Court of First Instance) in Philippines, 1901-1905 (resigned on account of ill health). Special representative United States State Department in Santo Domingo during revolution of 1914.
Mason.