Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

found: Confederate States of America. War Dept. [Communications from the secretary of war and the attorney general relative to whether the government holds, or has at any time held, itself liable for the value of slaves impressed by its authority and escaping to the enemy while so impressed and whether the owners of such slaves have been paid], 1863:p. 2 (James A. Seddon)

found: Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed October 24, 2023:Seddon, James Alexander (Representative from Virginia; born in Falmouth, Va., July 13, 1815 ... admitted to the bar about 1838 and commenced practice in Richmond, Va.; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1846; elected to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851) ... appointed Secretary of War in the Cabinet of the Confederate States on November 20, 1862; retired in January 1865; died at "Sabot Hill,'' Goochland County, Va., August 19, 1880) - https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000220