James MacKay (politician)

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James Armstrong MacKay (born June 25, 1919 in Fairfield , Alabama , †  July 2, 2004 in Chattanooga , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between 1965 and 1967 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James MacKay attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1940 at Emory University in Atlanta and until 1941 at Duke University . During the Second World War he was a member of the Coast Guard Reserve from 1941 to 1945. After a subsequent law degree at Emory University and his admission to the bar in 1947, he began to work in this profession. He later became a curator at Emory University. Politically, MacKay was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1951 and 1952 and again from 1955 to 1964 he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives . This period was marked by the events of the civil rights movement that MacKay supported. He also campaigned for environmental protection.

In the 1964 congressional election , MacKay was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded John James Flynt on January 3, 1965 . Since he lost to Benjamin B. Blackburn of the Republican Party in the 1966 elections , he was only able to serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1967 . This was determined by the events of the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, James MacKay returned to work as a lawyer. He continued to campaign for the environment and died on July 2, 2004 in Chattanooga. He was married twice and had a son from his first marriage and a daughter from his second marriage.

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SURNAME MacKay, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES MacKay, James Armstrong (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Fairfield , Alabama
DATE OF DEATH July 2, 2004
Place of death Chattanooga , Tennessee