Darwin R. James

Darwin Rush James (born May 14, 1834 in Williamsburg , Massachusetts , † November 19, 1908 in Brooklyn , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1887 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Darwin Rush James attended Mount Pleasant Boarding School in Amherst, Massachusetts. His family moved to Williamsburg, New York in 1847 . In 1850 he was doing business in New York City . Between 1876 and 1882 he was Secretary on the New York Board of Trade and Transportation . He was then Park Commissioner of Brooklyn from 1876 to 1882 . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1882 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of New York , where he succeeded John Hyatt Smith on March 4, 1883 . After a successful re-election in 1884 , he decided not to run again and resigned from Congress on March 3, 1887 . He then chaired the United States Board of Indian Commissioners in 1890 and was a member of the New York Canal Commission in 1898 . James then went back to business. He died on November 19, 1908 in Brooklyn and was then buried in the Williamsburg, Massachusetts city cemetery.

Web links

Darwin R. James in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

personal data
SURNAME	James, Darwin R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	James, Darwin Rush
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 14, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH	Williamsburg , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH	November 19, 1908
Place of death	Brooklyn , New York