James C. Needham

James Carson Needham ( born September 17, 1864 in Carson City, Nevada; † July 11, 1942 in Modesto, California ) was an American politician. Between 1899 and 1913 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Even in his birth year was James Needham with his parents to Mayfield in California, where he later attended the public schools. Then he studied until 1886 at the University of the Pacific in San Jose. After that, he was for some time the War Department in Washington DC employed. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and his 1889 was admitted as a lawyer, he started working in Modesto in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. In 1890 he ran unsuccessfully for the Senate from California.

In the congressional elections of 1989, Needham was selected in the seventh constituency of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Curtis H. Castle on March 4, 1899. After six re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1913 seven legislative sessions. Since 1903, he represented there as a successor to James McLachlan the sixth district of his state. In 1912 he was not re-elected. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives James Needham practiced until 1916 as an attorney in San Diego. Then he returned to Modesto, where he was active until 1919 still legal. Between 1919 and 1935 he served as judge of the Superior Court of California. He died on July 11, 1942 in Modesto.