James B. Belford

James Burns Belford ( born September 28, 1837 in Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, † January 10, 1910 in Denver, Colorado ) was an American politician. Between 1876 and 1877, and from 1879 to 1885, he represented the state of Colorado in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Belford was the cousin of Joseph M. Belford, who was sitting 1897-1899 for the state of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives. He attended the common schools and then the Dickinson College in Carlisle. After a subsequent law degree, he was admitted to the bar in 1859. Then Belford moved into the Moniteau County, Missouri, where he practiced law. After another move, he came to LaPorte (Indiana). He joined the Republican Party and was elected in 1867 in the House of Representatives from Indiana. In 1870 he was appointed associate judge in Colorado for at the local Supreme Court. Therefore, he moved to Central City.

After the founding of the state of Colorado James Belford was elected as the first deputy of the State in the Congress in Washington. Until 1893, the new government provided only a congressman. In the House, he served initially from 3 October 1876 to the end of its term on March 3, 1877. At the regular congressional elections of 1876 he was re-elected, so that he could begin another legislative session on March 4, 1877. His election but was challenged by Democrats Thomas MacDonald Patterson. After this appeal was upheld, Belford had to give up his seat to Patterson on December 13, 1877. But with the elections of 1878 he was able to regain his seat. After some re- election he was able to complete in 1885 three contiguous legislatures in Congress between March 4, 1879 to March 3. Between 1881 and 1883 he was chairman of the committee responsible for supervising the expenditure of the Ministry of Finance. In 1884, Belford applied unsuccessfully to re- nomination by his party.

After the end of his time in Congress, James Belford withdrew from politics and worked as a lawyer in Denver. He is also passed in 1910.

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