James A. Roe

James A. Roe (born July 9, 1896 in Flushing , New York , † April 22, 1967 in Hollywood , Florida ) was an American officer , lawyer and politician . Between 1945 and 1947 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James A. Roe was born in Flushing just before the end of the 19th century. He attended public and parochial schools . Roe studied law , engineering, and accounting. He graduated in August 1917 at the United States Military School of Aeronautics of Cornell University in Ithaca . The United States entered World War I about four months earlier . On September 17, 1917, he then signed up as a private in the United States Army Air Corps . He was promoted to lieutenant and instructor of the Advanced Flying . On January 4, 1919, he took his leave. He then pursued real estate deals and worked as an insurance broker. Roe also showed an interest in contract law and business engineering . He was a director of Flushing National Bank .

Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party . Between 1939 and 1952 he had presided over the Democratic County Committee of Queens . He took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1940, 1948 and 1960.

In July 1943 he joined the US Army . Roe held the rank of major at the time . He was assigned to the United States Army Corps of Engineers , where he served until January 1945 when he was honorably discharged. He was a lieutenant colonel at the time .

In the 1944 congressional election , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of New York , where he succeeded James J. Heffernan on January 4, 1945 . Since it to submit a bid again two years later abandoned, he retired from the after January 3, 1947 Congress of.

Then he went back to his previous business. He died on April 22, 1967 in Hollywood and was then buried in Mount St. Mary's Cemetery in Flushing.

Web links

• James A. Roe in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James A. Roe in the database of Find a Grave (English)