James Grafton Spencer (September 13,1844 –February 22,1926) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Born near Port Gibson,Mississippi,Spencer attended private schools and Oakland College in 1861. During the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate States Army as a private in Cowan's battery of Light Artillery. He served until the close of the Civil War in the Army of Mississippi and in the Army of Tennessee. He returned to his home and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1892–1894.
Spencer was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4,1895 –March 3,1897). He engaged in the real estate and insurance business. He died in Port Gibson,Mississippi,February 22,1926. He was interred in Wintergreen Cemetery.
Claiborne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census,the population was 9,135. Its county seat is Port Gibson. The county is named after William Claiborne,the second governor of the Mississippi Territory.
Port Gibson is a city and the county seat of Claiborne County,Mississippi,United States. The population was 1,567 at the 2010 census. It is bordered on the west by the Mississippi River.
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