James Joyce (politician)

James Joyce

James Joyce (born July 2, 1870 in Cumberland , Guernsey County , Ohio , †  March 25, 1931 in Cambridge , Ohio) was an American politician . Between 1909 and 1911 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Joyce attended public schools in his home country. He then taught in Cumberland and Pleasant City . After studying law at the Cincinnati Law School and being admitted to the bar in 1892, he began working in this profession in Cambridge in 1895. In between he was head of Senecaville High School from 1893 to 1895 . Politically, he joined the Republican Party . Between 1896 and 1900 he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives ; in June 1904 he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago , on which President Theodore Roosevelt was nominated for re-election.

In the congressional election of 1908 Joyce was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 15th  constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Beman Gates Dawes on March 4, 1909 . Since he was not confirmed in 1910, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1911 . After his time in the US House of Representatives, Joyce practiced again as a lawyer in Cambridge. In 1916 he unsuccessfully applied for the post of judge on the Supreme Court of Ohio . He died on March 25, 1931 in Cambridge, where he was also buried.

Web links

• James Joyce in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Joyce in the database of Find a Grave (English)