Biography

09/15/1857 - 12/20/1945

James William Endsley (R36) Bedford, Fulton and Somerset Counties 1911-1918

Early Life:

James William Endsley, born September 15, 1857, Somerfield, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; son of William Gilbert and Julia Ann Watson Endsley; public school education; teacher; merchant; farmer; engaged, livestock sales; engaged, lumber business; wheel stock manufacturer; elected, burgess, Somerset, 1893; elected, council, Somerset; president, Yough Coal Company; general manager, Listonburg Coal Mining Company; director, Somerset County National Bank; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate 1902; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1905-1908, not a candidate for reelection, 1908; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1911-1918; died, December 20, 1945, effects broken hip, Somerset Community Hospital, Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; interment, Addison Cemetery, Addison, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, burgess, Somerset, 1893; elected, council, Somerset.

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate 1902. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1905-1908, not a candidate for reelection, 1908. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 36th district, Bedford, Fulton and Somerset Counties, 1911-1918.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Legacy: 

Moved from Somerfield borough when that was razed, to make way for Youghiogheny River flood control reservoir. 

Father, William Endsley, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Somerset County, 1875-1876. 

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Cited: 

Cox, Harold. Senate Members "E" (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1918). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1084, 1095, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1061. 

The Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pennsylvania) Saturday December 29, 1945, Page 2.

James William Endsley (1857-1945) - Find a Grave Memorial