James Dellet
James Dellet | |
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1840s daguerreotype of James Dellet | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | |
| Preceded by | Reuben Chapman |
| Succeeded by | Edmund S. Dargan |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Strother Lyon |
| Succeeded by | District inactive |
| Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives | |
| In office 1819–1819 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | George W. Owen |
| Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives | |
| In office 1821–1821 | |
| Preceded by | George W. Owen |
| Succeeded by | Arthur P. Bagby |
| Member of the Alabama House of Representatives | |
| In office 1819–1832 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 18, 1788 |
| Died | December 21, 1848 (aged 60) |
| Party | Whig |
James Dellet (February 18, 1788 – December 21, 1848), was an American lawyer, planter, and politician who served as Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives during the state's inaugural legislative session in 1819 and again in 1821. He later represented Alabama in the United States House of Representatives as a Whig, serving in the Twenty-sixth (1839–1841) and Twenty-eighth (1843–1845) Congresses.