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J. Washington Logue
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915
Preceded byGeorge D. McCreary
Succeeded byGeorge P. Darrow
Personal details
Born
James Washington Logue

(1863-02-22)February 22, 1863
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DiedAugust 27, 1925(1925-08-27) (aged 62)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Resting placeHoly Sepulchre Cemetery
Political partyRepublican

James Washington Logue (February 22, 1863 – August 27, 1925) was an American lawyer and Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania for one term from 1913 to 1915.

Biography

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J. Washington Logue was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from La Salle University in Philadelphia. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1888 and commenced the practice of his profession in Philadelphia.

Congress

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In 1912, Logue was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress.

Later career

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He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania in 1918.

He resumed the practice of law in Philadelphia, and was a member of the speakers’ bureau of the Council of National Defense during World War I. He served as secretary of the board of inspectors of the Eastern Penitentiary in 1923.

Death and burial

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He died in Philadelphia on August 27, 1925, and was interred at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Logue, James Washington 1863-1925". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district

1913–1915
Succeeded by