J. Russell Leech | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's20th district | |
| In office March 4, 1927 – January 29, 1932 | |
| Preceded by | Anderson H. Walters |
| Succeeded by | Howard W. Stull |
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| Born | (1888-11-19)November 19, 1888 Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | February 5, 1952(1952-02-05) (aged 63) Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Washington & Jefferson College University of Pennsylvania Law School |
James Russell Leech (November 19, 1888 – February 5, 1952) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
J. Russell Leech was born inEbensburg, Pennsylvania. He attended theMercersburg Academy, inMercersburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated fromWashington & Jefferson College inWashington, Pennsylvania, in 1911, and from thelaw department of theUniversity of Pennsylvania atPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania in 1915. He was admitted to the bar in 1915 and commencedpractice in Ebensburg. During theFirst World War, he was appointed as asecond lieutenant and served with the Seventh Ammunition Train.
Leech was elected as a Republican to theSeventieth,Seventy-first, andSeventy-second Congresses and served until his resignation on January 29, 1932, having been appointed a member of the United States Board of Tax Appeals (now theUnited States Tax Court) to fill a vacancy. He was reappointed in 1934 and again in 1946, and served on this court until his death inChevy Chase, Maryland. Interment in Lloyd Cemetery in Ebensburg.
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