Biography

07/18/1864 - 04/18/1922

Edward F. James (R20) Luzerne (Part) County 1906-1910

Early Life: 

Edward F. James, born July 18, 1864, Stockton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; son of William and Mary Holman James; Hazle Township public school education; employed, Humboldt Colliery, coal shipper 1883-1889; moved to Hazleton, business sales agent for mine and mill supplies; Luzerne County Mercantile Appraiser, 1902-1906; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senator, 1906-1910; general manager, Edward F. James Sales Company Incorporated, 1913-1922; married, Kate Soldan James, son, Ernest Henry James; died, April 18, 1922 (aged 56) home, North Laurel Street, Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interment Vine Street Cemetery, Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Vice-president, general sales manager, Anchor Packing Company, Philadelphia; secretary and treasurer of the Hazleton Steam Heating Company, Hazleton Cemetery Association, Hazle Hall Association. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Member, president, Hazleton Board of School Control, fifteen years.

Luzerne County, Mercantile Appraiser, 1902-1906. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senator, 20^th district, Luzerne (Part) County, 1906-1910; committee assignments, Agriculture, Appropriations, Game and Fisheries, Law and Order, New Counties and County Seats, Public Grounds and Buildings, Railroads, chairman Corporations. 

Legacy: 

First Senator from the newly created Twentieth District, 1906-1910.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "J"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1910). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 993, 1000-1003, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 973.

Edward F. James (1865-1922) - Find a Grave Memorial