James G. O'Hara

James G. O'Hara (1975)

James Grant O'Hara (born November 8, 1925 in Washington, DC , †  March 13, 1989 there ) was an American politician . Between 1959 and 1977 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1939, James O'Hara moved with his parents to Michigan, where he attended the University of Detroit High School until 1943 . During the Second World War he was used as a soldier in the US Army in the Pacific region. After the war he studied at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor until 1954 . After a subsequent law degree at the same university and his admission to the bar in 1955, he began to work in Detroit and in Macomb County in his new profession.

Politically, O'Hara was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1960 and 1968 he was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions . In the 1958 congressional elections , he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington in the seventh constituency of Michigan, where he succeeded Robert J. McIntosh on January 3, 1959 . After eight re-elections, he was able to complete nine legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1977 . Since 1965 he represented there as the successor to John B. Bennett the twelfth district of his state. During his time as a congressman, the Vietnam War , the civil rights movement and the Watergate affair took place . In addition, the 23rd , 24th , 25th and 26th amendments to the Constitution were passed.

In 1976, James O'Hara renounced another congressional candidacy. Instead, he unsuccessfully applied for his party's nomination for the US Senate election , which instead went to Donald W. Riegle . In the following years he practiced as a lawyer in the federal capital Washington. From 1978 to 1981 he was a member and later chairman of a commission that dealt with minimum wages on behalf of the federal government. James O'Hara died in Washington on March 13, 1989. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery , Virginia .

Web links

• James G. O'Hara in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James G. O'Hara in the database of Find a Grave (English)