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Biographical Description

James Alexander Hartness was born on July 28, 1863, near Statesville, North Carolina. Hartness served as the clerk of the Superior Court for Iredell County from 1898 to 1928. He also served as a state senator (1897) and as North Carolina Secretary of State from 1928 to 1933. He died in Statesville on December 25, 1934.