W. Frank James

William Francis "Frank" James (born May 23, 1873 in Morristown , New Jersey , † November 17, 1945 in Arlington , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1915 and 1935 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1876, Frank James moved with his parents to Hancock , Michigan, where he attended public schools. In 1890 and 1891 he graduated from Albion College . During the Spanish-American War of 1898 , he served as a soldier in a Michigan infantry regiment . Between 1900 and 1904, James served as a treasurer in Houghton County . He also worked in the real estate industry and insurance. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . From 1906 to 1908 he was a member of the Hancock parish council; thereafter he was mayor of this place in 1908 and 1909. Between 1910 and 1914, James was a member of the Michigan Senate .

In the 1914 congressional election he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the twelfth constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded William Josiah MacDonald on March 4, 1915 . After nine re-elections, he was able to complete ten legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1935 . During this time, the First World War and the Great Depression fell . At that time the 18th , 19th , 20th and 21st amendments to the constitution were discussed and passed. Since 1933, the first New Deal laws of the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt were discussed and enacted in Congress . The Republican Party, to which James belonged, was rather opposed to these reform laws. From 1929 to 1931, Frank James served as chairman of the Military Affairs Committee.

In the 1934 election, James was defeated by the Democrat Frank Eugene Hook . Two years later, he applied unsuccessfully to return to Congress; then he retired from politics. He died on November 17, 1945 in Arlington and was buried in the local national cemetery. Frank James was married to Jennie Mingey James (1880-1964).

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SURNAME	James, W. Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	James, William Francis; James, Frank (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 23, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH	Morristown , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH	November 17, 1945
Place of death	Arlington , Virginia