James G. Maguire
James George Maguire | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 's California's 4th district | |
In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899 | |
Preceded by | John T. Cutting |
Succeeded by | Julius Kahn |
Personal details | |
Born | U.S. Representative from California | February 22, 1853
James George Maguire (February 22, 1853 – June 20, 1920) was an American
Early life and education
James George Maguire was born on February 22, 1853, in
Boston, Massachusetts.[2] Maguire moved with his parents to California in February 1854.[2] He attended the public schools of Watsonville in Santa Cruz County and the private academy of Joseph K. Fallon.[2][3] For four years he apprenticed as a blacksmith.[2]
Political career
Maguire served as a member of the
San Francisco districts. He studied law and was admitted to the Bar by the Supreme Court of California
in January 1878, commencing practice in San Francisco. McGuire then served as a judge of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco from 1882 to 1888.
U.S. Congress
He was elected as a
U.S. House of Representatives for the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses from March 4, 1893, to March 3, 1899.[3]
In the
Henry Gage
. After the election, he did not seek reelection to the U.S. House.
Later career and death
Maguire resumed his law practice in San Francisco, where he died on June 20, 1920. He is interred at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Colma, California.[4]
Electoral history
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic
|
James G. Maguire | 14,997 | 49.2 | |||
Republican
|
Charles O. Alexander | 13,226 | 43.4 | |||
Populist
|
Edgar P. Burman | 1,980 | 6.5 | |||
Prohibition | Henry Collins | 296 | 1.0 | |||
Total votes | 30,499 | 100.0 | ||||
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Republican
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic
|
James G. Maguire (Incumbent) | 14,748 | 48.3 | |
Republican
|
Thomas B. Shannon
|
9,785 | 32.0 | |
Populist
|
B. K. Collier | 5,627 | 18.4 | |
Prohibition | Joseph Rowell | 388 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 30,548 | 100.0 | ||
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Democratic hold
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic
|
James G. Maguire (Incumbent) | 19,074 | 61.0 | |
Republican
|
Thomas B. O'Brien | 10,940 | 35.0 | |
Socialist Labor
|
E. T. Kingsley | 968 | 3.0 | |
Prohibition | Joseph Rowell | 299 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 31,281 | 100.0 | ||
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Democratic hold
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References
- ^ Lough, Alexandra W. (September 2013). "The Federal Income Tax and the Georgist Movement" (PDF). GroundSwell, V. 26, No. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 22, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Shuck, Oscar Tully (1901). History of the Bench and Bar of California: Being Biographies of Many Remarkable Men, a Store of Humorous and Pathetic Recollections, Accounts of Important Legislation and Extraordinary Cases, Comprehending the Judicial History of the State. Commercial Printing House. pp. 722–725 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b
- United States Congress. "James G. Maguire (id: M000059)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Index to Politicians: Maguire". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- United States Congress. "James G. Maguire (id: M000059)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.