Ollie Murray James (July 27, 1871August 28, 1918) was an American politician. A

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, he represented

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in the

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and the

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Biography

James was born and raised in western Kentucky. As a teenager he served as a

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in the

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. James studied

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and was admitted to the

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in 1891, beginning his practice that year. In 1902 James sought and won election to the

from Kentucky's 1st district, the far western part of the state. He was re-elected to the House four times, serving there from March 4, 1903 to March 3, 1913. He was the Chairman of the Democratic National Conventions of 1912 and 1916. In 1912 James decided to give up his House seat to seek election to the

. He won that election in the Kentucky state legislature on 9 and 16 January 1912 and was sworn in on March 4, 1913. He served as chairman of the Senate Committee on Patents. He died during his term of office in a hospital in

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on August 28, 1918. He was buried in Mapleview Cemetery in

Marion, Kentucky Marion is a home rule-class city in Crittenden County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 3,039. The farm communities surrounding Marion are home to a large Amish popula ...

. File:Sen. James Kimble Vardaman, James Thomas Heflin, Ollie James between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915.jpg,

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at the

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Ollie M. James, late a representative from Kentucky, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1920

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:James, Ollie M. Candidates in the 1912 United States presidential election 20th-century American politicians 1871 births 1918 deaths Democratic Party United States senators from Kentucky Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky People from Marion, Kentucky 19th-century American politicians

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