James M. Tunnell

James Miller Tunnell (born August 2, 1879 in Clarksville , Sussex County , Delaware , † November 14, 1957 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of Delaware in the US Senate .

James Tunnell was born in the small town of Clarksville near Millville . He attended public schools in his home country and then Franklin College in Ohio , where he graduated in 1900. He subsequently worked as a teacher and became head of the schools in Frankford , Selbyville and Ocean View . During this time he also studied law , after which he was admitted to the bar in 1907 and began practicing law in Georgetown .

From 1919 to 1932 Tunnell was the Education Committee of the city of Georgetown. He also worked in banking and ran a number of farms in Sussex County. In 1924 he ran for a seat in the US Senate for the first time, but he only got 41 percent of the vote and was clearly defeated by the Republican T. Coleman du Pont .

In 1940 Tunnell ran again for the Senate election, where he met the Republican incumbent John G. Townsend . He prevailed with 51 percent of the vote, whereupon he took up his mandate in Congress from January 3, 1941. As a member of the democratic majority parliamentary group, he then headed the pension committee, among other things. In 1946 he ran for re-election, but this time he did not get more than 45 percent of the vote and consequently lost to Republican John J. Williams , who replaced him on January 3, 1947 as Senator.

Tunnell then withdrew from politics and died in Philadelphia in 1957.

Web links

James M. Tunnell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Tunnell, James M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tunnell, James Miller
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 2, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH	Clarksville , Delaware
DATE OF DEATH	November 14, 1957
Place of death	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania