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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaJames Andrew HALEY
(1899-1981)
HALEY, James Andrew, a
Representative from Florida; born in Jacksonville, Calhoun County,
Ala., January 4, 1899; attended the public schools and the
University of Alabama; during the First World War enlisted in Troop
A, Second Cavalry, in April 1917 and served overseas; accountant,
Sarasota, Fla., 1920-1933; general manager of John Ringling estate
1933-1943; first vice president of Ringling Circus 1943-1945 and
president and director of Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey
Circus, Sarasota, Fla., 1946-1948; engaged in newspaper publishing
and later in general printing business; chairman of the Democratic
executive committee of Sarasota County 1935-1952; member of the
Florida state house of representatives, 1949-1952; delegate to the
Democratic National Conventions, 1952-1960; elected as a Democrat
to the Eighty-third and to the eleven succeeding Congresses
(January 3, 1953-January 3, 1977); chairman, Committee on Interior
and Insular Affairs (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses);
was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in
1976; died on August 6, 1981, in Sarasota, Fla.; interment in Boca
Raton Cemetery, Boca Raton, Fla.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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