James Ellsworth Noland

James Ellsworth Noland ( born April 22, 1920 in La Grange, Lewis County, Missouri; † August 12, 1992 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1949 and 1951 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Noland studied until 1942 at Indiana University. During the Second World War, he served 1943-1946 in the U.S. Army. After the war he continued his education with a law degree from Indiana University. Then he was still studying at Harvard University. He subsequently worked as a lawyer.

Politically Noland was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1946 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress yet. In the 1948 elections, he was then but in the seventh election district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Gerald W. Landis on January 4, 1949. Since he has not been confirmed in 1950, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1951.

1952 Noland worked for the Attorney General of Indiana. He then worked in the years 1956 and 1957 as a lawyer for the city of Indianapolis. From 1958 to 1966 he was a member of the Election Committee of the State of Indiana. Noland was 1959-1966 Secretary of the State Board of his party. In 1964 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, was nominated to the President Lyndon B. Johnson for re-election. Since 1966 to 1992 he was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. From 1984 to 1986, he served there as Chief Justice; then he moved to the senior status. James Noland died on 12 August 1992 in Indianapolis, where he was also buried.