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Charles Tillinghast James
United States Senator
from Rhode Island
In office
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1857
Preceded byAlbert C. Greene
Succeeded byJames F. Simmons
Personal details
Born(1805-09-15)September 15, 1805
West Greenwich, Rhode Island, US
DiedOctober 17, 1862(1862-10-17) (aged 57)
Sag Harbor, New York, US
Resting placeSwan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLucinda James
ProfessionManufacturing engineer
A 14-pounder (3.8-inch) James rifle on the First Bull Run battlefield, the only weapon entirely designed by James adopted by the US Army.
Two Model 1829 32-pounder seacoast guns, rifled by the James method (sometimes called 64-pdr James rifles). The one in the foreground is on a siege carriage. The one behind is on an iron, front pintle, barbette carriage.
A James pattern solid shot. The “birdcage” at the base would have been covered by sheet lead which, upon firing the gun, would have expanded into the grooves of the rifling.

Charles Tillinghast James (September 15, 1805 – October 17, 1862) was a consulting manufacturing engineer, early proponent of steam mills (especially cotton mills), and United States Democratic Senator from the state of Rhode Island from 1851 to 1857.[1]

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