James Edmund Jeffries
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromKansas's2nd district
In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983
Preceded by	Martha Keys
Succeeded by	Jim Slattery
Personal details
Born	(1925-06-01)June 1, 1925 Detroit,Michigan, U.S.
Died	August 22, 1997(1997-08-22) (aged 72) Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Residence	Atchison, Kansas
Alma mater	Michigan State University
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch/service	United States Army Air Corps
Years of service	1943–1945

James Edmund Jeffries (June 1, 1925 – August 22, 1997) was aU.S. Representative fromKansas from 1979 to 1983.^[1]

Born inDetroit,Michigan, Jeffries attended the public schools. He graduated fromCranbrook School,Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1943.He attendedMichigan State University, Lansing, 1947. He served in theUnited States Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1945. and was an investment counselor and corporate director from 1956 to 1979. He served as a delegate to the Kansas State Republican convention, 1978.

Jeffries was elected as aRepublican to theNinety-sixth and to theNinety-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983). He was a conservative. He introduced 14 bills during his tenure, the most prominent of which was a 1981 law which settled a long-standing controversy over a minor border dispute betweenMissouri and Kansas^[2]

He was not a candidate for reelection in 1982 to theNinety-eighth Congress and was a resident ofAtchison, Kansas, until he retired toTucson, Arizona, where he died.

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