SkipCaptcha
35,519
edits
Changes
→Political career
In 1918, Golden was elected county attorney in Knox County, a post that he filled until 1922. He successfully ran for the U.S. House in 1948 and won without any opponents in the general election.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=637604 KY - District 09 Race - Nov 02, 1948]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> He was re-elected the following election cycle<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=408220 KY District 9 Race - Nov 07, 1950]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> and ran again in 1952,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=327050 KY - District 08 Race - Nov 04, 1952]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> this time in the 8th district.
In 1918, Golden was elected county attorney in Knox County, a post that he filled until 1922. He successfully ran for the U.S. House in 1948 and won without any opponents in the general election.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=637604 KY - District 09 Race - Nov 02, 1948]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> He was re-elected the following election cycle<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=408220 KY District 9 Race - Nov 07, 1950]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> and ran again in 1952,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=327050 KY - District 08 Race - Nov 04, 1952]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> this time in the 8th district.
[[File:James S. Golden bioguide picture.jpg|thumb|left]]
[[File:James S. Golden bioguide picture.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Undated picture of Golden.]]
Golden was a delegate to the 1952 [[Republican National Convention]]<ref name=bio/> which nominated [[Moderate Republican]] [[Dwight Eisenhower]] over the [[isolationist]], strongly [[conservative]] U.S. senator [[Robert A. Taft]]. Eisenhower then won the presidential election in 1952 by a landslide against Democrat opponent [[Adlai Stevenson]].
Golden was a delegate to the 1952 [[Republican National Convention]]<ref name=bio/> which nominated [[Moderate Republican]] [[Dwight Eisenhower]] over the [[isolationist]], strongly [[conservative]] U.S. senator [[Robert A. Taft]]. Eisenhower then won the presidential election in 1952 by a landslide against Democrat opponent [[Adlai Stevenson]].