James S. Havens

James S. Havens

James Smith Havens (born May 28, 1859 in Weedsport , Cayuga County , New York , †  February 27, 1927 in Rochester , New York) was an American politician . In 1910 and 1911 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Havens attended his home public schools and the Monroe Collegiate Institute in Elbridge . In 1884 he graduated from Yale College . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1877, he began to work in Rochester in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In July 1904 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis , where Alton B. Parker was nominated as a presidential candidate.

After the death of MP James Breck Perkins , Havens was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on April 19, 1910 when the by-election was due for the 32nd seat in New York . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1910, he could only finish the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1911 .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, James Havens practiced again as a lawyer in Rochester. He later became vice president and secretary of Eastman Kodak . From 1919 he headed their legal department. He died on February 27, 1927 in Rochester, where he was also buried.

Web links

• James S. Havens in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
James Breck Perkins	United States House Representative for New York (32nd constituency) April 19, 1910 - March 3, 1911	Henry G. Danforth