James W. Wall

E942560

James W. Wall was a 19th-century American politician and lawyer from New Jersey known for his outspoken Copperhead (pro-Southern) views during the Civil War.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
human
lawyer
appointedBy Joel Parker NERFINISHED
birthDate 1820-05-26
birthName James Walter Wall NERFINISHED
birthPlace Trenton, New Jersey NERFINISHED
causeOfNotability opposition to the Union war effort
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1872-06-09
deathPlace Burlington, New Jersey NERFINISHED
educatedAt College of New Jersey NERFINISHED
Princeton College NERFINISHED
endTimeOfPositionHeld_UnitedStatesSenatorFromNewJersey 1863-03-04
era American Civil War era
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Wall NERFINISHED
father Garret D. Wall NERFINISHED
fatherOccupation United States Senator from New Jersey
givenName James
languageSpoken English
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
movement Peace Democrats NERFINISHED
notableFor Copperhead views during the American Civil War
opposition to the Lincoln administration
notableWork political speeches criticizing the Civil War
occupation lawyer
politician
partOf Copperhead movement in the Northern United States
politicalAlignment Copperhead NERFINISHED
pro-Southern during the American Civil War
positionHeld United States Senator
United States Senator from New Jersey
region New Jersey NERFINISHED
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
replaced John Renshaw Thomson NERFINISHED
represented New Jersey NERFINISHED
residence Burlington, New Jersey NERFINISHED
Trenton, New Jersey NERFINISHED
servedIn United States Senate NERFINISHED
startTimeOfPositionHeld_UnitedStatesSenatorFromNewJersey 1863-09-29
studied law
wasAdmittedToTheBar New Jersey NERFINISHED
wasReplacedBy John P. Stockton NERFINISHED
workLocation Burlington, New Jersey NERFINISHED
Trenton, New Jersey NERFINISHED

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.