James Gary
Gary (c. 1897/1898)
38thUnited States Postmaster General
In office March 5, 1897 – April 21, 1898
President	William McKinley
Preceded by	William Lyne Wilson
Succeeded by	Charles Emory Smith
Personal details
Born	James Albert Gary (1833-10-22)October 22, 1833 Uncasville, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	October 31, 1920(1920-10-31) (aged 87) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Resting place	Loudon Park Cemetery Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Lavinia W. Corrie ​ (m. 1856)​
Children	10
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James Albert Gary (October 22, 1833 – October 31, 1920) was a U.S.political figure. He was the Republican candidate in the1879 Maryland gubernatorial election. He served asPostmaster General from 1897 to 1898.

James Albert Gary was born on October 22, 1833, inUncasville, Connecticut, to Pamelia (née Forrest) and James Sullivan Gary. His father was a well-known manufacturer.^[1]

In 1861, Gary joined his father under the firm James S. Gary & Son. After the death of his father in 1870, Gary took over the ownership of his father's company.^[1]

In 1858, Gary was nominated for theMaryland Senate under theRepublican ticket, but lost. In 1861, he was a delegate to the Union convention held at theMaryland Institute. He was a delegate to the1872 and the1876 Republican National Conventions. He would attend the following national conventions until 1896.^[1] In 1872, Gary ran for U.S. Congress, but was defeated.^[2]

Gary ran as the Republican candidate for Maryland Governor in the1879 election, losing toWilliam Thomas Hamilton.^[3] He served as thePostmaster General from March 5, 1897, to his resignation due to illness on April 21, 1898.^[4]

He spent much of his working life in textile manufacture in theBaltimore, Maryland, region, and was involved with cotton mills along thePatapsco andPatuxent Rivers, including Ely, Guilford, andLaurel, Maryland.^{[citation needed]}

Gary served as president of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association. He was also president of the Citizens' National Bank. Gary was vice president of the Consolidated Gas Company. He was director of the Savings Bank of Baltimore, Baltimore Warehouse Company, American Fire Insurance Company, Merchants and Manufacturers' Insurance Company and the Baltimore Trust and Guaranty Company.^[1]

Gary married Lavinia W. Corrie in 1856. They had ten children, including E. Stanley, Mrs. Robert C. Taylor, Mrs. Henry Pratt Janes, Mrs. Harold Randolph, Mrs. Eugene Levering Jr., Mrs. Francis E. Pegram, Mrs. Van Lear Black and Mrs. Andrew H. Whitridge. Only eight of his children survived to adulthood.^[4][5]

Gary was a prominent member of Baltimore's prestigiousBrown Memorial Presbyterian Church and led the movement to establish Babcock Memorial Church there in memory of Brown Memorial's minister,Maltbie Babcock.^[6] He also contributed to the construction of a church in Daniels, MD, which was later named in his honor: Gary Memorial United Methodist Church.^[7]

Gary had a home in the Mount Vernon section of Baltimore and a summer place in Catonsville.^{[citation needed]}

Gary died on October 31, 1920, at his home at Linden Avenue and Dolphin Street in Baltimore.^[5] He was buried atLoudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore.^[8]

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