James Thomas Harrison (November 30, 1811 – May 22, 1879) was an American politician who served as a Deputy from Mississippi to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862.
James Thomas Harrison was born on November 30, 1811, near Pendleton, South Carolina.
[1] He was the son of Thomas Harrison, a lawyer, military officer in the War of 1812, and Comptroller General of South Carolina; and his wife, a daughter of U.S. Representative John Baylis Earle.
[1] Two years later, he moved to Columbus, Mississippi, and continued his law practice there.
[1] He was a descendant of Virginia Governor and United States Declaration of Independence signatory Benjamin Harrison V (1726–1791).