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James Rood Doolittle war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker der Republikanischen Partei. Von 1857 bis 1869 saß er für den Bundesstaat Wisconsin im US-Senat.
James Rood Doolittle Sr. (January 3, 1815 – July 27, 1897) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin from March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1869. He was a strong supporter of President Abraham Lincoln's administration during the American Civil War.
21. Mai 2012 · Among the stalwart anti-slavery activists of the mid-1800s was a North Country native, James Rood Doolittle. He was born on January 3, 1815, in Hampton, New York, on the shores of the Poultney River in the northeast corner of Washington County.
Doolittle, James Rood 1815 - 1897. lawyer, orator, judge, U.S. Senator, b. Hampton, N.Y. He was educated at Geneva (later Hobart) College, N.Y., studied law, and was admitted to the bar (1837). An admirer of Van Buren, Doolittle campaigned for the Democrats in 1840; in 1847 he entered the anti-slavery fight as a Barnburner.
James Rood Doolittle (* 3. Januar 1815 in Hampton, Washington County, New York; † 23. Juli 1897 in Providence, Rhode Island) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker der Republikanischen Partei. Von 1857 bis 1869 saß er für den Bundesstaat Wisconsin im US-Senat.
James Rood Doolittle of Wisconsin: Gleanings from the Private Letters and Documents of a Senator of the Civil War Period Duane Mowry , H. B. Hurd , Simon Cameron , Wm. Bross , O. H. Browning , J. R. Doolittle
James Rood Doolittle was born in Hampton, Washington County, NY, on January 3, 1815. He was the son of Reuben and Sarah (Rood) Doolittle. He was educated at Middlebury Academy, VT, and graduated as the valedictorian of his class from Geneva (Hobart) College in 1834. He was later awarded an honorary degree by Hobart College in 1854.
