James Evans | |
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Member of the MississippiHouseofRepresentatives from the 70th district | |
In office 1992–2016 | |
Preceded by | Kathy Sykes |
Personal details | |
Born | Newton,Mississippi,U.S. | October 13,1950
Political party | Democratic |
Profession | Minister |
James Evans (born October 13,1950) is an American politician. He is a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 70th District,being first elected in 1991. He is a member of the Democratic Party (United States). [1]
The Lincoln County War was an Old West conflict between rival factions which began in 1878 in Lincoln County,New Mexico Territory,the predecessor of the state of New Mexico,and continued until 1881. The feud became famous because of the participation of William H. Bonney. Other notable participants included Sheriff William J. Brady,cattle rancher John Chisum,lawyer and businessmen Alexander McSween,James Dolan and Lawrence Murphy.
Roy Rogers,nicknamed the King of the Cowboys,was an American singer,actor,television host,freemason and rodeo performer.
Daniel Jackson Evans was an American politician from Washington. A member of the Republican Party,he served as governor of Washington from 1965 to 1977 and a member of the United States Senate from 1983 to 1989.
The Cotton Club is a 1984 American musical crime drama film co-written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based on James Haskins' 1977 book of the same name. The story centers on the Cotton Club,a Harlem jazz club in the 1930s. The film stars Richard Gere,Gregory Hines,Diane Lane,and Lonette McKee,with Bob Hoskins,James Remar,Nicolas Cage,Allen Garfield,Gwen Verdon,Fred Gwynne and Laurence Fishburne in supporting roles.
Good Times is an American television sitcom that aired for six seasons on CBS,from February 8,1974,to August 1,1979. Created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and developed by executive producer Norman Lear,it was television's first African American two-parent family sitcom. It is a spin-off of Maude,itself a spin-off of All in the Family.
William George Evans,nicknamed "the Boy Umpire",was an American umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB) who worked in the American League from 1906 to 1927. He became,at age 22,the youngest umpire in major league history,and later became the youngest to officiate in the World Series at age 25.
George Lawrence "Larry" James,also known as James Swift,was an American track athlete. At the 1968 Olympics he won a gold medal in the 4 ×400 m relay and a silver in the individual 400 m.
The Oxford University Mountaineering Club (OUMC) was founded in 1909 by Arnold Lunn,then a Balliol undergraduate;he did not earn a degree.
Petty Officer Edgar Evans was a Welsh Royal Navy petty officer and member of the "Polar Party" in Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole in 1911–1912. This group of five men,personally selected for the final expedition push,attained the Pole on 17 January 1912. The party perished as they attempted to return to the base camp.
Josiah James Evans was a United States Senator from South Carolina from 1853 to 1858.
George Evans was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Maine. A member of the United States Whig Party,he served in both houses of the United States Congress and as Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives.
Henry Arthur Evans,known as Arthur Evans,was a British politician.
James Lawrence Getz was an American newspaperman and politician who served three terms as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1867 to 1873.
Marcellus Hugh Evans was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1935 to 1941.
James Howard Blair was an American rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
The Ultimate Fighter:Heavyweights is the tenth installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. In a press conference following UFC 98,Dana White announced that filming for the season would begin on June 1,2009. The season debuted on Spike TV on September 16,2009,following UFC Fight Night 19.
Charles James Faulkner was a politician,planter,and lawyer from Berkeley County,Virginia who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and as a U.S. Congressman.
The September 2016 UK Independence Party leadership election was triggered after Nigel Farage,the leader of the UK Independence Party,announced on 4 July 2016,following the Leave result in the UK referendum on EU membership,that he would step down when a new leader had been elected.
Trevor Mark Evans is a former Australian politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 2016 to 2022,representing the Division of Brisbane. He was a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland,and sat with the Liberal Party in federal parliament. Evans served as the Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management in the Morrison government from May 2019 until May 2022.
James Evans is a Welsh Conservative Party politician and farmer,who has served as the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Brecon and Radnorshire since the 2021 Senedd election. He previously served as councillor for Gwernyfed ward on Powys County Council.