Jesse F. Stallings

Jesse Francis Stallings (April 4, 1856 – March 18, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Jesse F. Stallings
Stallings in 1900 newspaper
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Alabama's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1901
Preceded byHilary A. Herbert
Succeeded byAriosto A. Wiley
Personal details
Born
James Francis Stallings

(1856-04-04)April 4, 1856
near Manningham, Alabama, U.S.
DiedMarch 18, 1928(1928-03-18) (aged 71)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Resting placeElmwood Cemetery
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)
Ella McAllister
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(m. 1883; died 1885)​

Belle McAllister
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(m. 1887)​

Marie Hudmon
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(m. 1909)​
Alma materUniversity of Alabama at Tuscaloosa

Born near Manningham, Alabama, to Reuben Stallings and Lucinda Ferguson. Stallings completed preparatory studies and was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1877. He studied law at that university. Through his father he was descended from Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading and Edward Ford.[1][2]

He was admitted to the bar in April 1880 and commenced practice in Greenville, Alabama.[1]

Stallings was elected by the legislature of Alabama as solicitor for the second judicial circuit in November 1886 and served until his resignation in September 1892. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1888.

Stallings was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1901). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1900 and resumed the practice of his profession in Birmingham, Alabama. Also served as president of the Lincoln Reserve Life Insurance Co.[3] 1912 to 1928.

Personal life

He married Ella McAllister in 1883, who later died in 1885. He then married Belle McAllister in 1887.[4] In 1909, Stallings married Marie Hudmon.[5]

Stallings died in Birmingham. He was interred in Elmwood Cemetery.[1]

References
  1. "Bio of Jesse Francis Stallings". Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  2. Memorial Record of Alabama
  3. Best's life insurance reports. A. M. Best Company. 1918.
  4. Palmer, Thomas Waverly (1901). A Register of the Officers and Students of the University of Alabama, 1831-1901. University of Alabama. p. 239. ella mcallister stallings.
  5. "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940". FamilySearch.
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