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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MarylandJames William DENNY
(1838-1923)
DENNY, James William, a
Representative from Maryland; born in Frederick County, Va.,
November 20, 1838; attended the academy of the Rev. William
Johnson, Berryville, Clarke County, Va.; was graduated from the
University of Virginia at Charlottesville; principal of Osage
Seminary, Osceola, St. Clair County, Mo.; during the Civil War he
returned to his native State and enlisted in Company A,
Thirty-ninth Virginia Battalion of Cavalry, Confederate Army, in
which he served until 1863, when he was detailed for service at
Gen. R. E. Lee’s headquarters, where he continued until the
surrender at Appomattox Court House; returned to Clarke County,
Va., and began the study of law in Winchester, Va.; was admitted to
the bar in Baltimore, Md., in 1868 and commenced practice in that
city; elected to the first branch of the city council in 1881;
reelected in 1882 and became its president; member of the State
house of delegates 1888-1890; colonel on the staff of Gov. E. E.
Jackson; member of the Baltimore School Board for eight years;
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4,
1899-March 3, 1901); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1900
to the Fifty-seventh Congress; elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress
(March 4, 1903-March 3, 1905); engaged in the practice of law until
his death in Baltimore, Md., April 12, 1923; interment in Loudon
Park Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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