WEAVER, JAMES BAIRD (1833-1912), American law yer and political leader, was born at Dayton (0.), on June 12, 1833. He studied law at Cincinnati (0.), and served on the Union side in the Civil War. In March 1865 he was breveted brigadier general of volunteers. He was a representative in Congress in 1879-81 and in 1885-89, being elected by a Green back-Democratic fusion. In 1880 he was the candidate of the
Greenback party for president, and received a popular vote of 308,578; and in 1892 he was the candidate of the People's party, and received 22 electoral votes and a popular vote of 1,041,021. He died at Des Moines (Ia.), on Feb. 6, 1912.