James G. Maguire

James G. Maguire

James George Maguire (born February 22, 1853 in Boston , Massachusetts , †  June 20, 1920 in San Francisco , California ) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1899 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Maguire came to California with his parents as a toddler in 1854. He attended the public schools in Watsonville and the private Academy of Joseph K. Fallon there . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1875 and 1877 he was a member of the California State Assembly . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1878, he began to work in this profession in San Francisco. Between 1882 and 1888 he was a judge for the greater San Francisco area, which included the city and San Francisco County .

In the congressional election of 1892 Maguire was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of California , where he succeeded John T. Cutting on March 4, 1893 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1899 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . In 1898 Maguire declined to run again. Instead, he ran for governor of California , but was defeated by Republican Henry Gage . After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced again as a lawyer in San Francisco, where he died on June 20, 1920.

Web links

• James G. Maguire in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James G. Maguire in the database of Find a Grave (English)