James Joyce (congressman)

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James Joyce (July 2, 1870 - March 25, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Cumberland, Ohio, Joyce attended the common schools. He taught school in Cumberland and Pleasant City, Ohio, and also studied law. He entered the Cincinnati Law School in 1891 and was graduated in 1892. He was admitted to the bar at Columbus, Ohio, on March 3, 1892. Superintendent of the Senecaville (Ohio) High School 1893-1895. Began the active practice of law in Cambridge, Ohio, in 1895. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1896-1900. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1904.

Joyce was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1911). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Cambridge, Ohio. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election as associate justice of the supreme court of Ohio in 1916. He died in Cambridge, Ohio, March 25, 1931. He was interred in the mausoleum in Northwood Cemetery.

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