James A. Roe

James A. Roe ( born July 9, 1896 in Flushing, New York, † April 22, 1967 in Hollywood, Florida ) was an American officer, lawyer and politician. Between 1945 and 1947 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James A. Roe was born shortly before the end of the 19th century in Flushing. He attended public and community schools ( parochial schools ). Roe studied law, engineering and accounting. He graduated in August 1917 at the United States Military School of Aeronautics at Cornell University in Ithaca. About four months ago came to the United States in the First World War. On September 17, 1917, he committed himself then as a private in the United States Army Air Corps. He was promoted to lieutenant and instructor of the Advanced Flying. On January 4, 1919, he took his leave. After that, he pursued real estate and worked as an insurance broker. Roe also showed interest in contract law and business engineering. He was director of the Flushing National Bank.

Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1939 and 1952 he had presided over the Democratic County Committee of Queens. He participated as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1940, 1948 and 1960.

In July 1943 he joined the U.S. Army. Roe held at this time the rank of Major. He was the United States Army Corps of Engineers allocated, where he served until January 1945 when he was honorably discharged. At that time, he held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

In the congressional elections of 1944 he was in the fifth electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James J. Heffernan on January 4, 1945. Since he gave up for reelection two years later, he retired after January 3, 1947 from the Congress.

Then he went back to his previous transactions. He died on April 22, 1967 in Hollywood and then on the Mount St. Mary's Cemetery in Flushing buried.