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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkJames William HUSTED
(1870-1925)
HUSTED, James William, a
Representative from New York; born in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 16, 1870; attended private schools, the
Peekskill Military Academy, and Cutler’s School, New York
City; was graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., in 1888,
from Yale University in 1892, and from the New York Law School in
1894; was admitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice in
Peekskill, N.Y.; member of the State assembly 1895-1897; moved to
White Plains in 1897 and continued the practice of law; returned to
Peekskill in 1902 and again practiced law; president of the village
of Peekskill in 1903 and 1904; member and treasurer of the board of
park commissioners from 1909 to 1920; unsuccessful candidate for
election in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress; elected as a
Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1923); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1922; resumed the practice of law in Peekskill;
also engaged in banking and served as president of the Peekskill
Bank; died in New York City January 2, 1925; remains were cremated;
interment of ashes in Hillside Cemetery, Peekskill, N.Y.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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