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| Affiliation | Whig |
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| Name | Francis James |
| Address | Chester County
West Chester, Pennsylvania , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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April 04, 1799
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| Died | January 04, 1886
(86 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | JAMES, Francis, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pa., April 4, 1799; attended the public schools and Gauses’ Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar of Chester County in 1825 and commenced practice in West Chester, Pa.; member of the State senate 1834-1836; elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-sixth Congress and reelected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843); chairman, Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Twenty-seventh Congress); resumed the practice of his profession in West Chester, Chester County, Pa.; chief burgess in 1850; died in West Chester, Pa., January 4, 1886; interment in Oakland Cemetery.
[Link] ; Photo source: Wayne C. Woodward, Congress: The Chester County Line, p. 148. |
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