Arthur Horace James (1883-1973)
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Prominent Pennsylvania politician who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 1940.
Waymark Code: WME60
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 06/03/2006
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Prominent Pennsylvania Republican politician and public official. Elected
Luzerne County District Attorney, 1919-1926; Lieutenant Governor, 1927-1931; and
Governor, 1939-1943. Served as a Judge on the Superior Court of the
Commonwealth, 1933-1938, and was a Republican presidential primary candidate in
1940. James was born in Plymouth of Welsh immigrant parents and worked as a
"breaker boy" in anthracite coal mines.
Marker Name: Arthur Horace James
County: Luzerne
Date Dedicated: 07/28/2004
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: 150 East Main St Plymouth, PA
Category: Government and Politics, Government Politics 20th Century
Website: Not listed
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