James Quigley | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's19th district | |
| In office January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |
| Preceded by | S. Walter Stauffer |
| Succeeded by | S. Walter Stauffer |
| In office January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |
| Preceded by | S. Walter Stauffer |
| Succeeded by | George Atlee Goodling |
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| Born | (1918-03-30)March 30, 1918 |
| Died | December 15, 2011(2011-12-15) (aged 93) Washington, D.C., US |
| Party | Democratic Party (United States) |
James Michael Quigley (March 30, 1918 – December 15, 2011) was an American lawyer,World War II veteran, and politician who served two nonconsecutive terms as aUnited States representative fromPennsylvania from 1955 to 1957 and from 1959 to 1961.[1][2]
James Quigley was born inMount Carmel, Pennsylvania. He graduated fromVillanova University in 1939 and from theDickinson School of Law inCarlisle, Pennsylvania in 1942.[1][2]
He served in theUnited States Navy from 1943 to 1946, as a communications officer on the destroyerUSS Hart (DD-594).[3] He was engaged in thePhilippines campaign, 1944-45 andBattle of Okinawa campaigns, and afterV-J Day served with the occupation forces inKorea andChina.[1][2]
Upon his return to the US, Quigley resumed his law practice inHarrisburg, Pennsylvania.
He was unsuccessful as a Democratic candidate for election inUnited States House election, 1950, but he was elected as a Democrat to the84th United States Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate inUnited States House election, 1956 and in 1957 he became the administrative assistant to SenatorJoseph S. Clark of Pennsylvania, and assistant attorney general for Pennsylvania in 1958.
He was again elected to the86th United States Congress inUnited States House election, 1958, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection inUnited States House election, 1960, losing to RepublicanGeorge A. Goodling.
He was appointed Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for Federal and State matters on February 24, 1961, serving until January 1966. He was appointed Commissioner of the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration serving from January 1966 to January 1968.[1][2]
He worked as vice president of the United States Plywood-Champion Papers, Inc., from 1968 to 1986.[1][2]
Quigley married Genevieve Morgan Quigley. They had six children. Their son, James M. Quigley, MD predeceased them in 2006; five daughters survived.[1][2]
He died on December 15, 2011, inWashington, D.C., and was interred atGate of Heaven Cemetery inSilver Spring, Maryland.[1][2]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 19th congressional district 1955–1957 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 19th congressional district 1959–1961 | Succeeded by |
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