James P. Pope

James Pinckney Pope ( * March 31, 1884 in Jonesboro, Jackson Parish, Louisiana, † January 23, 1966 in Alexandria, Virginia ) was an American politician and U.S. Senator for the state of Idaho between 1933 and 1939.

Career

James Pope was born on a farm near Jonesboro. He attended the community school. He then graduated in 1906 at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana. Then he made in 1909 his Bachelor of Laws degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. In the same year he applied for a license to practice law in Idaho, and when he had received them, he opened a law practice in Boise.

Later Pope in 1916 worked as deputy tax collector of the U.S. tax authorities. He was also the 1916-1917 Attorney of Boise. He rose quickly and then worked 1918-1919 as Deputy Attorney General of Idaho.

Pope was 1924-1929 Member of the Education Committee of Boise. He also practiced 1929-1933 there the office of mayor of. He resigned after he was elected as a Senator for the Democratic Party in Congress. There he remained on 4 March 1933 to 3 January 1939. He stood as a candidate in 1938 for reelection to the Senate, but he failed. After retiring from the Senate President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him in 1939 as director of the Tennessee Valley Authority. This activity he practiced from then until 1951. He then joined a law firm in Knoxville, Tennessee, at. In addition, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of the Federal Savings & Loan Association in Knoxville.

James Pinckney Pope moved in 1963 to Alexandria in Virginia, where he resided until his death on 23 January 1966. He was buried in Lynnhurst Cemetery in Knoxville.