James Dillon (Irish senator)

For other people named James Dillon, see James Dillon (disambiguation).

James Dillon (died 5 November 1955) was a farmer who served for thirteen years in the Senate of the Irish Free State.

He was elected for twelve years in 1925, and remained a senator until the Free State Senate was abolished in 1936.

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Cathaoirleach Thomas Westropp Bennett (FG)
Leader of the Seanad name (party)

Elected in 1934

3 years	Sir Edward Coey Bigger (Ind)

6 years	John Philip Bagwell (Ind)

9 years	Patrick Baxter (FP) Thomas Westropp Bennett (FG) Ernest Blythe (FG) James Boyle (FF) Kathleen Browne (FG) James Charles Dowdall (Ind) Eamonn Duggan (FG) Séamus Fitzgerald (FF) Oliver St. John Gogarty (FG) Denis Healy (FF) T. V. Honan (FF) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Thomas Johnson (Lab) Thomas Kennedy (Lab) Raphael Keyes (FF) Patrick Lynch (FF) Pádraic Ó Máille (FF) Thomas Ruane (FF) Richard Wilson (FP) Jennie Wyse Power (FF)

Elected in 1931

6 years	William O'Sullivan (Ind)

9 years	Michael Comyn (??) John Counihan (FG) James Douglas (Ind) Michael Duffy (Lab) Thomas Farren (Lab) Hugh Garahan (FP) Sir John Griffith (Ind) Seán MacEllin (??) Ross McGillycuddy (??) James J. MacKean (Ind) John MacLoughlin (Ind) Daniel MacParland (??) Maurice George Moore (Ind) Laurence O'Neill (Ind) Brian O'Rourke (Ind) William Quirke (??) David Robinson (FF) Michael Staines (FG)

Elected in 1928

9 years	Kathleen Clarke (FF) Joseph Connolly (FF) Seán Milroy (FG) Séamus Robinson (FF)

Elected in 1925

12 years	Henry Barniville (Ind) Sir Edward Bellingham (??) William Cummins (Lab) James Dillon (FP) Michael Fanning (??) Thomas Foran (Lab) Sir William Bernard Hickie (??) Cornelius Kennedy (FG) Thomas Linehan (FP) Joseph O'Connor (FG) John O'Farrell (Lab) Michael F. O'Hanlon (FP) James Parkinson (FG) Thomas Toal (FG)

Elected at by-elections

Feb. 1926 Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind)

FF: Fianna Fáil
FG: Fine Gael
FP: Farmers' Party
Lab: Labour
Ind: Independent
??: Unknown party

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Cathaoirleach Thomas Westropp Bennett (CnaG)
Leader of the Seanad name (party)

Elected in 1931

3 years	Kathleen Browne (CnaG) Eileen Costello (Ind)

6 years	William O'Sullivan (Ind)

9 years	Michael Comyn (??) John Counihan (CnaG) James Douglas (Ind) Michael Duffy (Lab) Thomas Farren (Lab) Hugh Garahan (FP) Sir John Griffith (Ind) Seán MacEllin (??) Ross McGillycuddy (??) James J. MacKean (Ind) John MacLoughlin (Ind) Daniel MacParland (??) Maurice George Moore (Ind) Laurence O'Neill (Ind) Brian O'Rourke (Ind) William Quirke (??) David Robinson (FF) Seamus Ryan (??) Michael Staines (CnaG) Arthur Vincent (??)

Elected in 1928

6 years	John Philip Bagwell (Ind) Alfred Byrne (Ind) Oliver St. John Gogarty (??) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Thomas Johnson (Lab) Richard Wilson (FP)

9 years	Kathleen Clarke (FF) Joseph Connolly (FF) Seán Milroy (CnaG) Joseph O'Doherty (FF) Séamus Robinson (FF)

Elected in 1925

9 years	Thomas Westropp Bennett (CnaG) Sir Edward Coey Bigger (Ind) Francis McGuinness (CnaG)

12 years	Henry Barniville (Ind) Sir Edward Bellingham (??) William Cummins (Lab) James Dillon (FP) Michael Fanning (??) Thomas Foran (Lab) Sir William Bernard Hickie (??) Cornelius Kennedy (CnaG) Thomas Linehan (FP) Joseph O'Connor (CnaG) John O'Farrell (Lab) Michael F. O'Hanlon (FP) James Parkinson (CnaG) Thomas Toal (CnaG)

Elected in 1922

12 years	Henry Guinness (Ind)

Nominated by the President in 1922

12 years	Ellen Cuffe (Ind) James Charles Dowdall (Ind) Sir Thomas Esmonde (Ind) Bernard Forbes (??) Sir John Keane (Ind) James Moran (??) Jennie Wyse Power (Ind)

Elected at by-elections

Feb. 1926 Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind)
Jan. 1932 George Crosbie (CnaG)
Apr. 1933 Eamonn Duggan (CnaG)
Jan. 1934 Ernest Blythe (CnaG)
Raphael Keyes (FF)
Sep. 1934 Patrick Lynch (FF)

CnaG: Cumann na nGaedheal
FF: Fianna Fáil
FP: Farmers' Party
Lab: Labour Party
Ind: Independent
??: Unknown party

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Cathaoirleach Thomas Westropp Bennett (CnaG)
Leader of the Seanad name (party)

Elected in 1928

3 years	Michael Comyn (??) Seán MacEllin (??) Ross McGillycuddy (??) Sir Walter Nugent (??)

6 years	John Philip Bagwell (Ind) Alfred Byrne (Ind) Oliver St. John Gogarty (??) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Thomas Johnson (Lab) Sir Bryan Mahon (??) Richard Wilson (FP)

9 years	Kathleen Clarke (FF) Joseph Connolly (FF) Seán Milroy (CnaG) Joseph O'Doherty (FF) Séamus Robinson (FF) William Sears (CnaG)

Elected in 1925

6 years	John Counihan (CnaG)

9 years	Thomas Westropp Bennett (CnaG) Sir Edward Coey Bigger (Ind) Francis McGuinness (CnaG)

12 years	Henry Barniville (Ind) Sir Edward Bellingham (??) William Cummins (Lab) James Dillon (FP) Michael Fanning (??) Thomas Foran (Lab) Sir William Bernard Hickie (??) Cornelius Kennedy (CnaG) Thomas Linehan (FP) Joseph O'Connor (CnaG) John O'Farrell (Lab) Michael F. O'Hanlon (FP) James Parkinson (CnaG) Thomas Toal (CnaG)

Elected in 1922

9 years	William Barrington (Ind) Eileen Costello (Ind) James Douglas (Ind) Michael Duffy (Lab) Thomas Farren (Lab) Alice Stopford Green (Ind) Sir John Griffith (Ind) Patrick W. Kenny (Ind) James J. MacKean (Ind) John MacLoughlin (Ind) William Molloy (Ind) Maurice George Moore (Ind) Brian O'Rourke (Ind) William O'Sullivan (Ind)

12 years	Henry Guinness (Ind)

Nominated by the President in 1922

12 years	Ellen Cuffe (Ind) James Charles Dowdall (Ind) Sir Thomas Esmonde (Ind) Bernard Forbes (??) Sir John Keane (Ind) James Moran (??) Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice (??) Jennie Wyse Power (Ind)

Elected at by-elections

Feb. 1926 Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind)
Mar. 1927 Patrick Hooper (??)
Apr. 1929 Sir Nugent Everard (Ind)
Jun. 1929 Kathleen Browne (CnaG)
Laurence O'Neill (Ind)
Oct. 1929 Richard A. Butler (FP)
Dec. 1930 Michael Staines (CnaG)
May 1931 Arthur Vincent (??)
Nov. 1931 George Crosbie (CnaG)

CnaG: Cumann na nGaedheal
FF: Fianna Fáil
FP: Farmers' Party
Lab: Labour Party
Ind: Independent
??: Unknown party

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Cathaoirleach Lord Glenavy (Ind)
Leader of the Seanad name (party)

Elected in 1925

6 years	John Counihan (CnaG)

9 years	Thomas Westropp Bennett (CnaG) Sir Edward Coey Bigger (Ind) Francis McGuinness (CnaG)

12 years	Henry Barniville (Ind) Sir Edward Bellingham (??) William Cummins (Lab) James Dillon (FP) Michael Fanning (??) Thomas Foran (Lab) Sir William Bernard Hickie (??) Cornelius Kennedy (CnaG) Thomas Linehan (FP) Joseph O'Connor (CnaG) John O'Farrell (Lab) Michael F. O'Hanlon (FP) Stephen O'Mara (CnaG) James Parkinson (CnaG) Thomas Toal (CnaG)

Elected in 1922

6 years	Henry Givens Burgess (Ind) Henry Greer (Ind) Benjamin Haughton (Ind)

9 years	William Barrington (Ind) Eileen Costello (Ind) James Douglas (Ind) Michael Duffy (Lab) Thomas Farren (Lab) Alice Stopford Green (Ind) Sir John Griffith (Ind) Patrick W. Kenny (Ind) James J. MacKean (Ind) John MacLoughlin (Ind) William Molloy (Ind) Maurice George Moore (Ind) Brian O'Rourke (Ind) William O'Sullivan (Ind)

12 years	Martin Fitzgerald (??) Henry Guinness (Ind)

Nominated by the President in 1922

6 years	John Philip Bagwell (Ind) Lord Glenavy (Ind) Sir Nugent Everard (Ind) Edmund W. Eyre (Ind) Oliver St. John Gogarty (??) James Perry Goodbody (??) Ralph Howard (??) Arthur Jackson (??) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Sir Bryan Mahon (??) Geoffrey Taylour (??) William Butler Yeats (Ind)

12 years	Dermot Bourke (??) Ellen Cuffe (Ind) James Charles Dowdall (Ind) Sir Thomas Esmonde (Ind) Bernard Forbes (??) Sir John Keane (Ind) James Moran (??) Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice (??) Windham Wyndham-Quin (Ind) Jennie Wyse Power (Ind)

Elected or appointed later

Feb. 1926 Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind)
Jan. 1927 P. J. Brady (??)
Mar. 1927 Patrick Hooper (??)
Mar. 1928 Sir Walter Nugent (??)

CnaG: Cumann na nGaedheal
FP: Farmers' Party
Lab: Labour Party
Ind: Independent
??: Unknown party

This page incorporates information from the Oireachtas Members Database

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