James A. Haley

James Andrew Haley ( born January 4, 1899 in Jacksonville, Alabama; † 6 August 1981 in Sarasota, Florida ) was an American politician. He represented the state of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Haley was born in Jacksonville, where he attended public school. He then studied at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and had to interrupt his studies because of the First World War. He undertook in August 1917 in the Troop A, Second Cavalry. Then he did his service from overseas.

After the war he was employed from 1920 to 1933 as an auditor in Sarasota. He then worked from 1933 to 1943 as managing director of the John Ringling possessions. After that, he became the first vice president of Ringling Circus and later president and director of Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Amp This post he held between 1943 and 1945. Afterwards he worked from 1946 to 1948 for the Bailey Circus in Sarasota. He also published a newspaper, and later worked in the general printing business.

In the years 1935-1952 he was chairman of the Democrats in Sarasota County. He sat from 1949 to 1952 as a Member of the House of Representatives from Florida and was from 1952 to 1960 a delegate to all Democratic National Conventions. Haley was elected as a Democrat in the 83rd and the eleven succeeding Congresses. His term lasted from January 3, 1953 to January 3, 1977. During this time he was chairman of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs ( 93rd and 94th Congress ). He was also involved in the 1956 Constitution of the Southern Manifesto, which spoke out against racial integration in public institutions. Haley ran in 1976 not again for the 95th Congress.

James Haley died on August 6, 1981 in Sarasota. He was buried in Boca Raton.