James C. McLaughlin

James Campbell McLaughlin ( born January 26, 1858 in Beardstown, Cass County, Illinois, † November 29, 1932 in Marion, Virginia ) was an American politician. Between 1907 and 1932 he represented the state of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Already in 1864 James McLaughlin came with his parents to Muskegon in Michigan, where he attended the public schools. Then he studied until 1879 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor literature. After a subsequent law degree from the same university and its made ​​in 1883 admitted to the bar he began in Muskegon to work in his new profession. Between 1887 and 1901, McLaughlin was prosecuting attorney in Muskegon County. From 1901 to 1906 he was a member of the State Tax Commission of Michigan ( Board of State Tax Commissioners ).

Politically, McLaughlin member of the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1906 he was in the ninth constituency of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Roswell P. Bishop on March 4, 1907. After twelve re- election he was able to complete before his death on November 29, 1932 almost 13 legislative sessions in Congress. This period was, among other things, the First World War. Also, were discussed and adopted 1913-1920 the 16th, the 17th, the 18th and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in Congress.

In the congressional elections of 1932, McLaughlin was defeated by Democrat Harry W. Musselwhite. His time as a congressman would thus come to an end on March 3, 1933. He died a few weeks after the elections, on November 29, 1932 in Marion (Virginia ) when he was on his way to the capital. His mandate remained vacant until the assumption of office of Musselwhite on March 4, 1933.