W. Frank James

William Francis "Frank" James (* May 23, 1873 in Morristown, New Jersey, † November 17, 1945 in Arlington, Virginia ) was an American politician. Between 1915 and 1935 he represented the state of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1876, Frank James moved with his parents to Hancock in Michigan, where he attended the public schools. In 1890 and 1891 he graduated from the Albion College. During the Spanish- American War of 1898 he served as a soldier in an infantry regiment from Michigan. Between 1900 and 1904, James served as treasurer in Houghton County. He also worked in the real estate industry and in insurance. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. From 1906 to 1908 he sat in the council of Hancock; after that he was in the years 1908 and 1909 Mayor of this place. Between 1910 and 1914, James was a member of the Senate of Michigan.

In the congressional elections of 1914 he was in the twelfth electoral district of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William Josiah MacDonald on March 4, 1915. After nine elections he could pass in Congress until January 3, 1935 ten legislative periods. In this time were, among other things, the First World War and the Great Depression. At that time the 18th, the 19th, the 20th and the 21st Amendment to the Constitution were discussed and adopted. Since 1933, the first New Deal legislation of the Federal Government were discussed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and put in place in Congress. The Republican Party, who belonged to James, this reform laws was rather hostile. From 1929 to 1931 Frank James was Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs.

In the 1934 elections, James was defeated by Democrat Frank Eugene Hook. Two years later, he applied unsuccessfully to return to the Congress; after he retired from politics. He died on November 17, 1945 in Arlington, and was buried in the National Cemetery there. Frank James was married to Jennie Mingey James ( 1880-1964 ).

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