About J. L. Totten
J. L. Totten was an American politician.
James L. Totten was an American politician who served as the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives between 1844 and 1846.
James L. Totten was born in 1803 or 1804 in Tennessee.
Totten served as the sheriff of Carroll County, Tennessee between 1822 and 1832. Between 1825 and 1831, Totten also served as a clerk of the Gibson County Circuit Court.
He then moved to Holly Springs, Mississippi, and farmed there. He served a second House term from 1846 to 1848.
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