James D. Weaver

James Dorman Weaver ( born September 27, 1920 in Erie, Pennsylvania, † 15 November 2003 in Sterling, Virginia ) was an American politician. Between 1963 and 1965 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Weaver attended the common schools and then from 1938 to 1941 the Erie Conservatory of Music and Syracuse University in New York State. In his youth he worked on farms as a musician and played in several orchestras. After studying medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and his medical license, he served from 1946 as a captain in the medical service of the U.S. Army. In the years 1947 and 1948 he was stationed in Korea. From 1948 to 1962 he practiced as a private physician in his home town of Erie. In 1961 he was appointed by the President of a Commission on Ageing on ( White House Conference on Aging ). From 1960 to 1962 he worked for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation Authority.

Politically, Weaver joined the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1962 he was in the 24th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Carroll D. Kearns on January 3, 1963. Since he has not been confirmed in 1964, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1965. This was marked by the events of the civil rights movement. In addition, at that time began the war in Vietnam.

After the assassination of John F. Kennedy was James Weaver of the Warren Commission medical consultants who examined the death of the president. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he served 1965-1963 in the U.S. Air Force, where he rose to the colonel. He died on 15 September 2003 in Sterling and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.