James L. Quinn (politician)

James Leland Quinn ( born September 8, 1875 in Emlenton, Venango County, Pennsylvania, † November 12, 1960 in Braddock, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1935 and 1939 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1880, James Quinn moved with his parents to Braddock, where he attended St. Thomas School. Between 1891 and 1896 he worked as a newspaper reporter. In 1896 he became the owner and publisher of the newspaper Braddock Journal. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party. Between 1933 and 1935 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

In the congressional elections of 1934, Quinn was in the 31 electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of the Republican Melville Clyde Kelly on 3 January 1935. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1939 two legislative sessions. During this time other New Deal legislation of the Roosevelt administration there have been adopted. 1935, the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were first applied, after which the term of the Congress ends, or begins on January 3.

In 1938, James Quinn was not re-elected. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he worked again in the newspaper industry. He died on November 12, 1960 in Braddock, where he was also buried.