Farmer and teacher. Graduate of Tougaloo. Served on the board of registrars for Hinds County in the early 1870s. Son of African Methodist Episcopal bishop James Alexander Shorter.
Signature of James A. Shorter, Jr.Hinds County Gazette, May 1, 1872Petition to Governor Ames, Feb 12, 1874Clarion Ledger, May 19, 1875Weekly Mississippi Pilot, August 14, 1875Daily Mississippi Pilot, October 13, 1875The Comet, June 14, 1879The Comet, November 1, 1879The Comet, October 15, 1881Hinds County Gazette, November 2, 1881The Comet, March 4, 1882
