James A. Hemenway | |
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| United States Senator fromIndiana | |
| In office March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1909 | |
| Preceded by | Charles W. Fairbanks |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin F. Shively |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIndiana's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1905 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur H. Taylor |
| Succeeded by | John H. Foster |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Alexander Hemenway (1860-03-08)March 8, 1860 Boonville, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | February 10, 1923(1923-02-10) (aged 62) Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Resting place | Maple Grove Cemetery, Boonville |
| Party | Republican |
James Alexander Hemenway (March 8, 1860 – February 10, 1923) was an American lawyer and politician who served as aUnited States representative from 1895 to 1905, andSenator from Indiana from 1905 to 1909.
Born inBoonville, Indiana, he attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to thebar, commencing practice in Boonville in 1885.
He wasprosecuting attorney for the secondjudicial circuit of Indiana from 1886 to 1890.
He was elected as aRepublican to the Fifty-fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1895, until his resignation, effective March 3, 1905, at the close of the Fifty-eighth Congress, having been elected Senator.[1] While in the House of Representatives, he was chairman of the Committee on Appropriations (Fifty-eighth Congress).
Hemenway was elected to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofCharles W. Fairbanks and served from March 4, 1905, to March 3, 1909; he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on University of the United States (Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses).
After the Senate, he resumed the practice of law in Boonville. He donated generously to the Old Presbyterian Church in Boonville, which his family had attended for generations.[2]
He died inMiami, Florida; interment was in Maple Grove Cemetery, Boonville.
Hemenway is the namesake of the community ofHemenway, Missouri.[3]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIndiana's 1st congressional district 1895–1905 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 3) from Indiana 1905–1909 Served alongside:Albert J. Beveridge | Succeeded by |
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