James Breck Perkins (November 4, 1847 – March 11, 1910) was an
American
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historian, a United States congressman, and a writer.
He was born in
St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, and graduated from the
University of Rochester
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, where he was a member of
St. Anthony Hall
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, in 1867. He served as city attorney of
Rochester, New York
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, from 1874 to 1878; was a member of the
New York State Assembly
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The Ass ...
(Monroe Co., 1st D.) in
1898
Events
January
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; and served as a representative in
Congress
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from 1901 until his death.
Recognized as the leading authority in the particular historical field to which he devoted himself, he was honored by membership in the
National Institute of Arts and Letters
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. His writings include:
*''France under Mazarin'' (1887)
*''France under Louis XV'' (1897)
*''Richelieu'' (1900), in the "Heroes of the Nations Series"
*''France in the American Revolution'' (1911)
He died in
Washington, D.C.
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See also
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References
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External links
James Breck Perkins, late a representative from New York, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives frontispiece 1911*
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1847 births
1910 deaths
Historians from New York (state)
University of Rochester alumni
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Politicians from Rochester, New York
People from St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin
Writers from Rochester, New York
College Republican National Committee chairs
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
Historians from Wisconsin
Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
19th-century members of the New York State Legislature
20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives