Benjamin F. James

Benjamin F. James

Benjamin Franklin James (born August 1, 1885 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , †  January 26, 1961 in Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1949 and 1959 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Benjamin James attended the public schools in his home country and then studied fine arts. From 1910 he lived in Radnor . During the First World War he was in an officer training camp of the United States Army , where he made it to lieutenant. After that he was a member of the army reserve. He later became President of Franklin Printing Co, founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1728 . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1929 and 1936 he was a member of the Radnor municipal council; from 1939 to 1947 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania .

In the 1948 congressional election , James was elected to the 7th constituency of Pennsylvania to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded E. Wallace Chadwick on January 3, 1949 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1959 . During this time, among other things, the beginning of the Cold War , the Korean War and, domestically, the beginning of the civil rights movement . James served intermittently on the District of Columbia District Administration Committee , the House Administration Committee, and the Appropriations Committee .

In 1958 he renounced another candidacy. He died on January 26, 1961 in Bryn Mawr.

Web links

• Benjamin F. James in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Benjamin F. James in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
E. Wallace Chadwick	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (7th constituency) January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1959	William H. Milliken