James M. Quigley

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James Michael Quigley (born March 30, 1918) was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania.

James Quigley was born in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Villanova College in 1939 and from the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1942. He served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946, engaged in the Philippine and Okinawa campaigns, and after V-J Day served with the occupation forces in Korea and China.

Upon his return to the US, Quigley resumed his law practice in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1950. He was elected as a Democrat to the 84th United States Congress. He was and unsuccessful candidate in 1956 and in 1957 he became the administrative assistant to Senator Joseph S. Clark of Pennsylvania, and assistant attorney general for Pennsylvania in 1958. He was elected to the 86th United States Congress in 1958, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1960. He was appointed Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for Federal and State matters on February 24, 1961, serving until January 1966. He was appointed Commissioner of the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration serving from January 1966 to January 1968. He worked as vice president of the United States Plywood-Champion Papers, Inc., from 1968 to 1986.

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• James M. Quigley at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by S. Walter Stauffer	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district 1955-1957	Succeeded by S. Walter Stauffer
Preceded by S. Walter Stauffer	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district 1959-1961	Succeeded by George Atlee Goodling