James Bede

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James Adam Bede (January 13, 1856 – April 11, 1942) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota; born on a farm in North Eaton Township, Lorain County, Ohio; he attended the public schools of Ohio, Oberlin College, and Tabor College in Tabor, Iowa; read law while learning the printing trade; taught school in Iowa, Ohio, and Arkansas; editor and publisher of several newspapers and periodicals; served as a representative for several western newspapers in Washington, D.C., 1888 – 1891; engaged in newspaper work at Pine City, Pine County, Minnesota; served as United States marshal for the district of Minnesota in 1894 during the great railway strike; spoke at the first annual dinner of the Associated Press in New York^[1]; elected as a Republican to the 58th, 59th, and 60th congresses, (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1908 to the 61st congress; returned to Pine City; engaged as a publisher and lecturer; moved to Duluth, Minnesota, in 1927 and engaged in his former pursuits; also was interested in the St. Lawrence inland waterway project; died in Duluth, Minnesota, April 11, 1942; interment in Birchwood Cemetery, Pine City, Minnesota.