James Henry Maclafferty (February 27, 1871 – June 9, 1937) was an American businessman and politician who served two terms as a
U.S. Representative
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from
California
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from 1922 to 1925.
Early life and career
Born in
San Diego, California
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, MacLafferty moved with his parents to
Oakland, California
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, in 1874, to Eugene, Oreg., in 1880, to Astoria, Oreg., in 1883, and to
Tacoma, Washington
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, in 1884.
He attended the public schools.
He entered the lumber business in Tacoma and continued the same in Seattle until 1889.
He engaged in the wholesale paper business at Chicago in 1899.
He returned to the Pacific coast in 1900 and settled in
Oakland, California
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.
He worked as a traveling salesman and in the paper business.
Congress
MacLafferty was elected as a
Republican to the
Sixty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
John A. Elston.
He was reelected to the
Sixty-eighth Congress and served from November 7, 1922, to March 3, 1925.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924 to the
Sixty-ninth Congress.
Later career
He served as assistant to
Secretary of Commerce
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from March 24, 1925, until August 31, 1927.
He resumed business activities in
Oakland, California
Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, California, Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major We ...
.
He served as vice president of the Pacific American Steamship Association and of the Shipowners' Association of the Pacific Coast.
Death
He died in
Oakland, California
Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, California, Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major We ...
, June 9, 1937, and the remains were cremated.
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1871 births
1937 deaths
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California
Politicians from Oakland, California
20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives