James Michael Quigley (March 30, 1918 – December 15, 2011) was an American lawyer,

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veteran, and politician who served two nonconsecutive terms as a

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from

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from 1955 to 1957 and from 1959 to 1961.

Background

James Quigley was born in

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. He graduated from

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in 1939 and from the

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in 1942.

Career

World War II

He served in the

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from 1943 to 1946, as a communications officer on the destroyer USS Hart (DD-594).

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"Interview of James M. Quigley by Sandra Savage on August 15, 2004"
collection AFC/2001/001/15876,

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. He was engaged in the

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and

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campaigns, and after

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served with the occupation forces in

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and

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Congress

Upon his return to the US, Quigley resumed his law practice in

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. He was unsuccessful as a Democratic candidate for election in United States House election, 1950, but he was elected as a Democrat to the

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. He was an unsuccessful candidate in United States House election, 1956 and in 1957 he became the administrative assistant to Senator Joseph S. Clark of Pennsylvania, and assistant attorney general for Pennsylvania in 1958. He was again elected to the

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, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in

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, losing to Republican

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Federal appointment

He was appointed Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for Federal and State matters on February 24, 1961, serving until January 1966. He was appointed Commissioner of the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration serving from January 1966 to January 1968.

Private practice

He worked as vice president of the United States Plywood-Champion Papers, Inc., from 1968 to 1986.

Personal life and death

Quigley married Genevieve Morgan Quigley. They had six children. Their son, James M. Quigley, MD predeceased them in 2006; five daughters survived. He died on December 15, 2011, in

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, and was interred at

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References

External links

The Political Graveyard
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