James Colgate Cleveland

James Colgate Cleveland

James Colgate Cleveland (born June 13, 1920 in Montclair , New Jersey , † December 3, 1995 in New London , New Hampshire ) was an American politician . Between 1963 and 1981 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Cleveland attended his home public schools and Deerfield Academy . He then studied at Colgate University in Hamilton ( New York ) until 1941 . Then he interrupted his training to take part in the Second World War as a soldier in the US Army . Cleveland was deployed in the Pacific until February 1946, taking it up to the captain. After the war he studied law at Yale until 1948 . During this time he worked for the US Senator Styles Bridges . After being admitted to the bar, he began practicing his new profession in Concord and New London. Between June 1951 and November 1952 he was drafted into the military again during the Korean War. After that he was one of the founders and directors of the New London Trust Co.

Cleveland was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1950 and 1962 he was a member of the New Hampshire Senate . During this time he headed the Republican faction twice. In 1962 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the second constituency of New Hampshire , where he succeeded Perkins Bass on January 3, 1963 . After eight re-elections, he was able to complete nine consecutive terms in Congress by January 3, 1981 . This period was initially overshadowed by discussions about the civil rights movement and then by the Vietnam War . Then there was the Watergate affair , which led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974 .

In 1980 Cleveland declined to run again. Then he withdrew from politics. He died on December 3, 1995 in New London.

Web links

• James Colgate Cleveland in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• James Colgate Cleveland in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 9, 2019.