James R. Buckley

James Richard Buckley ( born November 18, 1870 in Chicago, Illinois, † June 22, 1945 ) was an American politician. Between 1923 and 1925 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Buckley attended the common schools and the Christian Brothers ' Commercial Academy. He then worked in retail. Between 1893 and 1897 he was employed by the city's Board of Public Works; 1897 to 1910 he was Deputy gas inspector of the city of Chicago. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1910 and 1912 he was a member of the City Council of Chicago. In the years 1908, 1912 and 1916 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions relevant. From 1912 to 1918 he was a clerk at the criminal court and then from 1918 to 1923 Manager of the tax authority for property tax in Illinois (State personal property tax collection department).

In the congressional elections of 1922, Buckley was in the sixth electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Republican John J. Gorman took on 4 March 1923 that he had beaten in the election. Since he lost in 1924 against Gorman, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1925.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives James Buckley was vice president of Universal Granite Quarries for some time. At the time of his death on 22 June 1945, he served as head of the sewer inspection (Chief drain inspector ) in Chicago.