James Washington Logue
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James Washington Logue was a Democratic
member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
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J. Washington Logue was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
. He graduated from La Salle College
in Philadelphia. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1888 and commenced the practice of his profession in Philadelphia.
Logue was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third
Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania in 1918. He resumed the practice of law in Philadelphia, and was a member of the speakers’ bureau of the Council of National Defense during the First World War. He served as secretary of the board of inspectors of the Eastern Penitentiary in 1923. He died in Philadelphia. Interment in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
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J. Washington Logue was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
. He graduated from La Salle College
La Salle College
La Salle College is a boys' secondary school in Hong Kong. It was established by the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a Roman Catholic religious teaching order founded by St...
in Philadelphia. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1888 and commenced the practice of his profession in Philadelphia.
Logue was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third
63rd United States Congress
- House of Representatives:*Democratic : 291 *Republican : 134*Progressive : 9*Independent : 1TOTAL members: 435-Senate:*President of the Senate: Thomas R. Marshall*President pro tempore: James P. Clarke-Senate:...
Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania in 1918. He resumed the practice of law in Philadelphia, and was a member of the speakers’ bureau of the Council of National Defense during the First World War. He served as secretary of the board of inspectors of the Eastern Penitentiary in 1923. He died in Philadelphia. Interment in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.