James Pindall | |
Birth Place: | Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Virginia) |
Death Place: | Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) |
Resting Place: | Clarksburg, West Virginia |
Party: | Federalist |
State: | Virginia |
District: | 1st |
Term Start: | March 4, 1817 |
Term End: | July 26, 1820 |
Predecessor: | John G. Jackson |
Successor: | Edward B. Jackson |
Office2: | Member of the Virginia Senate from Monongalia, Ohio, Harrison, Wood, Brooke and Randolph Counties |
Term2: | 1809–1811 |
Predecessor2: | Philip Doddridge (1807) |
Successor2: | Noah Zane |
Branch: | Virginia Militia |
Rank: | Colonel |
Profession: | lawyer |
James Pindall (November 22, 1825) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Born in Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Pindall attended the common schools.After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1803 and practiced in Morgantown.Later, he moved to Clarksburg and continued the practice of his profession.Over his lifetime, he held various official positions including serving in the Virginia Senate 1808–1812, being a colonel of militia, as well as, being elected as a Federalist to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1817, until his resignation on July 26, 1820.He died in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), November 22, 1825 and was interred in what was known as the Daniel Davisson burial ground in Clarksburg, West Virginia.