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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | James E. Watson |
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Rushville, Indiana , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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November 02, 1864
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| Died | July 29, 1948
(83 years)
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| Contributor | Joshua L. |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | a Representative and a Senator from Indiana; born in Winchester, Randolph County, Ind., November 2, 1864; graduated from De Pauw University, Greencastle, Ind., in 1886; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice in Winchester; moved to Rushville, Ind., in 1893 and resumed the practice of law; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896; elected to the Fifty-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1909); was not a candidate for renomination in 1908; unsuccessful Republican candidate for governor of Indiana in 1908; resumed the practice of law in Rushville, Ind.; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1916 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin F. Shively; reelected in 1920 and 1926, and served from November 8, 1916, to March 3, 1933; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932; majority leader 1929-1933; chairman, Committee on Woman Suffrage (1919-21), Committee on Revision of the Laws (1919-21), Committee on Enrolled Bills (1923-25), Committee on Interstate Commerce (1925-1929), Republican Conference (1929-33); continued the practice of law in Washington, D.C., until his death there on July 29, 1948; interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Maryland.
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