Darwin R. James
Darwin Rush James | |
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In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 | |
Preceded by | J. Hyatt Smith |
Succeeded by | Stephen V. White |
Personal details | |
Born | December 29, 1794 |
Died | September 15, 1882 | (aged 87)
Darwin Rush James (May 14, 1834 – November 19, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, James pursued an academic course in the Mount Pleasant Boarding School, Amherst, Massachusetts. He moved with his parents to
James was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887) where he became a staunch supporter of free silver. He declined a renomination to Congress. He served as chairman of United States Board of Indian Commissioners in 1890. He served as member of New York Canal Commission in 1898. He resumed mercantile pursuits. He died in
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- United States Congress. "Darwin R. James (id: J000048)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
- "Silver not a local issue". Speech by Hon. Darwin R. James of New York, to Congress (1886).