James McLachlan

James McLachlan ( born August 1, 1852 in Argyllshire, Scotland, † November 21, 1940 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American politician. Between 1895 and 1911 he represented two times the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1855, James McLachlan came from his native Scotland in the Tompkins County in upstate New York. He attended the public schools of his new home and was then himself a teacher. In 1877 he became inspector in Tompkins County. Then he studied until 1878 at Hamilton College in Clinton. After a subsequent law degree in 1881 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. Between 1881 and 1888 he held his work in Ithaca. In 1888 he moved his residence and his law firm to Pasadena in California. Between 1890 and 1892 he served as district attorney in Los Angeles County. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1894 McLachlan was in the fifth electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Marion Cannon on March 4, 1895. Since he has not been confirmed in 1896, he was initially able to do only one term in Congress until March 3, 1897. In the elections of 1900, McLachlan was re-elected in the fifth district of his state in Congress, where he replaced Russell J. Waters on March 4, 1901. After four re- elections, he could spend up to March 3, 1911 five further terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Since 1903, he represented there as a successor to James C. Needham seventh District of California. In 1910 he was not re-elected.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives James McLachlan practiced law in Los Angeles. In the years 1911 and 1912 he was a member of the National Monetary Commission. After that, he is no longer politically have appeared. He died on November 21, 1940 in Los Angeles at the age of 92 years.