| LC control no. | n 95035640 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Wadsworth, James Wolcott, 1877-1952 |
| Variant(s) | Wadsworth, James Wolcott, Jr., 1877-1952 |
| Birth date | 1877-08-12 |
| Death date | 1952-06-21 |
| Place of birth | Geneseo (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | Yale University New York (State). Legislature. Assembly United States. Congress. Senate United States. Congress. House of Representatives National Security Training Commission (U.S.) Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Farm managers |
| Found in | P&P data from ADE - UNIT 333 for Ray, G.N. Arch. drawings for alterations to a garage with servants' quarters for James W. Wadsworth ... [graphic] 1924. Who's who in the nation's capital, 1920-1921 (Wadsworth, James Wolcott, Jr., U.S. Senator from N.Y., Republ.; b. 8/12/1877) LC database, 1-26-95 (hdg: Wadsworth, James Wolcott, 1877-1952; usage: James W. Wadsworth, Jr.) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed March 13, 2023: (Wadsworth, James Wolcott Jr., a Senator and a Representative from New York; born in Geneseo, N.Y., August 12, 1877; received preparatory education at St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass.; graduated from Yale University in 1898; during the Spanish-American War served as a private in the Puerto Rican campaign in 1898; engaged in livestock and agricultural pursuits near Geneseo, N.Y., and as manager of a ranch in Texas 1911-1915; member, New York State assembly 1905-1910, serving as speaker 1906-1910; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1914; reelected in 1920 and served from March 4, 1915, to March 3, 1927; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1926; chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Sixty-sixth through Sixty-ninth Congresses); Republican whip 1915; resumed agricultural pursuits; elected to the Seventy-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1951); was not a candidate for renomination in 1950; appointed by President Harry Truman chairman of the National Security Training Commission in 1951 and served until his death in Washington, D.C., June 21, 1952; interment in Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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