James W. Dunbar

James W. Dunbar

James Whitson Dunbar (born October 17, 1860 in New Albany , Floyd County , Indiana , †  May 19, 1943 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1919 and 1931 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives twice .

Career

James Dunbar attended public schools in his home country including New Albany High School , which he graduated from in 1878. After that he first worked in trade. He then became a manager at public utilities in New Albany and Jeffersonville . Between 1894 and 1906 he was secretary and chief financial officer of the Western Gas Association . He then served as secretary of the American Gas Institute from 1906 to 1909 ; from 1908 to 1910 he headed the Indiana Gas Association .

Politically, Dunbar was a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1918 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded William E. Cox on March 4, 1919 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1923 . The 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were passed there in 1919 and 1920 . In 1922, Dunbar declined to run again.

In the elections of 1928 James Dunbar was re-elected to Congress in the third district of his state, where he replaced Frank Gardner from the Democratic Party on March 4, 1929 , who had succeeded him in 1923. Since he lost to Eugene B. Crowe in 1930 , he could only spend one more term in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1931, which was marked by the events of the Great Depression. After he left the US House of Representatives, Dunbar withdrew from politics. He died on May 19, 1943 in his hometown of New Albany, where he was also buried.

Web links

• James W. Dunbar in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James W. Dunbar in the database of Find a Grave (English)