James Cantey

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James Cantey

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James Cantey was born on December 30, 1818, in [[Camden, South Carolina]]. After graduating from [[University of South Carolina|South Carolina College]], where he was a member of the [[Euphradian Society]], he studied law and was admitted to the [[Bar association|state bar]] in 1840, and set up practice in Camden.{{cite book|author=Clement Anselm Evans|title=Confederate military history: a library of Confederate States history|url=https://archive.org/details/confederatemilit01evanuoft|year=1899|publisher=Confederate publishing company|page=[https://archive.org/details/confederatemilit01evanuoft/page/397 397]}}
James Cantey was born on December 30, 1818, in [[Camden, South Carolina]]. After graduating from [[University of South Carolina|South Carolina College]], where he was a member of the [[Euphradian Society]], he studied law and was admitted to the [[Bar association|state bar]] in 1840, and set up practice in Camden.{{cite book|author=Clement Anselm Evans|title=Confederate military history: a library of Confederate States history|url=https://archive.org/details/confederatemilit01evanuoft|year=1899|publisher=Confederate publishing company|page=[https://archive.org/details/confederatemilit01evanuoft/page/397 397]}}


Cantey became politically active and was elected to two terms from Kershaw County as a state legislator in South Carolina, starting November 23, 1846.{{cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044097933790;view=1up;seq=380|title=Journal of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1846)|publisher=Hathi Trust Digital Library - Harvard University Library|access-date=April 22, 2019}}
Cantey became politically active and was elected to two terms from Kershaw County as a state legislator in South Carolina, starting November 23, 1846.{{cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044097933790;view=1up;seq=380|title=Journal of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1846)|publisher=HathiTrust Digital Library - Harvard University Library|access-date=April 22, 2019}}


==Mexican–American War==
==Mexican–American War==
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