James Ferdinand Izlar was a U.S. Representative

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 from South Carolina

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Born near Orangeburg, South Carolina

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, Izlar attended the common schools.
He was graduated from Emory College, Oxford, Georgia

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, in 1855.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice in South Carolina.
He served as an officer in the Confederate States Army

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 during the Civil War

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He resumed the practice of law in Orangeburg, South Carolina

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Orangeburg, also known as "The Garden City," is the principal city in and the county seat of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. The city is also the fifth oldest city in the state of South Carolina. The city population was 12,765 at the 2000 census, within a Greater Orangeburg...

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He served as member of the State senate 1880-1890.

Izlar was elected by the general assembly judge of the first judicial circuit in 1889.
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1884.

Izlar was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William H. Brawley and served from April 12, 1894, to March 3, 1895.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894.
He again engaged in the practice of law in Orangeburg until 1907, when he retired.
He died in Orangeburg, South Carolina

Orangeburg, South Carolina

Orangeburg, also known as "The Garden City," is the principal city in and the county seat of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. The city is also the fifth oldest city in the state of South Carolina. The city population was 12,765 at the 2000 census, within a Greater Orangeburg...

, May 26, 1912.
He was interred in the Episcopal Cemetery.

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