James J. Connolly

James Joseph Connolly (* September 24, 1881 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † December 10, 1952 ) was an American politician. Between 1921 and 1935 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Connolly visited several high schools in Philadelphia. Then he hit as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. He belonged to the State Board of his party and was treasurer of the local Party organization of the city of Philadelphia.

In the congressional elections of 1920, Connolly was in the fifth electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Peter E. Costello on March 4, 1921. After six re- election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1935 seven legislative sessions. In 1933, the 20th and the 21st Amendment to the Constitution ratified. Since 1933, the first New Deal legislation of the Roosevelt administration were passed in Congress, where Connolly's party faced a rather negative. In 1934 he was not re-elected.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, James Connolly operated in the real estate industry. He was also vice president of the Philadelphia Transportation Co. Company and Transit Investment Corp.. In 1936, he sought unsuccessfully to return to Congress. He died on December 10, 1952 in Philadelphia.