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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—CaliforniaJames Carson NEEDHAM
(1864-1942)
NEEDHAM, James Carson, a
Representative from California; born in a covered wagon at Carson
City, Nev., September 17, 1864; arrived with his parents at
Mayfield, Santa Clara, Calif., October 1, 1864; attended the public
schools; was graduated from the University of the Pacific at San
Jose in 1886 and from the law department of the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1889; clerk in The Adjutant
General’s Office of the War Department in Washington, D.C.,
from September 1, 1887, until September 1, 1888, when he resigned
to complete his law course; was admitted to the bar in 1889 and
commenced practice in Modesto, Stanislaus County, Calif.;
unsuccessful candidate for election to the State senate in 1890;
elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and to the six
succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1913); unsuccessful
candidate in 1912 for reelection to the Sixty-third Congress;
resumed the practice of law in San Diego, Calif., 1913-1916, when
he returned to Modesto, Calif., and continued his profession;
appointed judge of the superior court of California January 1,
1919; elected to the same office in 1920 to fill an unexpired term;
reelected in 1922 and again in 1926, and served until January 1,
1935; died in Modesto, Calif., July 11, 1942; interment in the
Masonic Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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