Biography

03/03/1864 - 12/16/1950

John Martin Jamison Sr. (R39) Westmoreland County 1909-1912

Early Life:

John Martin Jamison Sr., born March 3, 1864, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; son of Robert S. and Caroline Wible Jamison; public school education; Princeton University, 1887; read law, admitted, Westmoreland County bar, 1888; attorney; secretary, treasurer, Jamison Coal and Coke Company, 1892; married, Hettie Barclay Jamison, 1893, children, Carolyn Jamison Lynch, Isabel Jamison Cote, John Martin Jamison, Jr., Hetty Jamison Euwer; inherited the reign of his father’s coal company, president, Jamison Coal and Coke Company, 1903; chairman, Republican Westmoreland County Committee, 1890; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1904; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1909-1912; died, December 16, 1950 (aged 86), Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; interment, Saint Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Chairman, Republican Westmoreland County Committee, 1890.

Delegate, Republican National Convention, Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 1904.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 39th district, Westmoreland County, 1909-1912; committee assignments, Education, Insurance (Chairman), Judicial Apportionment, Legislative Apportionment, Pensions and Gratuities.

Cited:

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

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1912). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1004, 1010-1013, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 982.

Uniontown Morning Herald, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, December 17, 1950,

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