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  Wright, James A.
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AffiliationDemocratic   
NameJames A. Wright
Address Allegheny County
Carnegie, Pennsylvania , United States
EmailNone
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Born August 11, 1902
DiedNovember 07, 1963 (61 years)
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Last ModifedRBH
Sep 13, 2015 03:15am
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InfoWRIGHT, James Assion, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Carnegie, Allegheny County, Pa., on August 11, 1902; attended the public schools; was graduated from Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., in 1923 and from the law department of the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1927; was admitted to the bar in 1927 and commenced practice in Carnegie, Pa.; served as assistant county solicitor of Allegheny County, Pa., 1935-1941; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh and Seventy-eighth Congresses (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1945); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Scott Township, Pa., November 7, 1963; interment in Holy Souls Cemetery, Carnegie, Pa.

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  11/07/1944 PA - District 31 Lost 46.18% (-7.65%)
  11/03/1942 PA District 32 Won 51.56% (+3.13%)
  11/05/1940 PA - District 34 Won 53.83% (+7.66%)
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