Difference between revisions of "James S. Golden"
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Revision as of 12:25, July 10, 2021
| James Stephen Golden | |
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| In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Joe B. Bates |
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| Succeeded by | Eugene Siler |
U.S. Representative for Kentucky's
9th congressional | |
| Preceded by | William Lewis |
| Succeeded by | District disbanded |
| Born | September 20, 1891 Barbourville, Union County, Kentucky |
| Died | September 6, 1971 (aged 79) Pineville, Kentucky |
| Resting place | Pineville Memorial Cemetery in Pineville |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Union College University of Kentucky University of Michigan Law School |
| Occupation | Attorney |
James Stephen Golden (September 20, 1891 – September 6, 1971) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for the former 8th and 9th congressional districts in his native Kentucky, both of which were disbanded because of population losses.
Born in Barbourville in Union County, he attended high school at Union College. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1912 from the University of Kentucky at Lexington. In 1916, he earned his law degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor]]. That same year, he was admitted to the bar and established his practice in Barbourville.
In 1918, Golden was elected county attorney in Knox County, a post that he filled until 1922. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention, which nominated Moderate Republican Dwight Eisenhower over the more [[conservative U.S. Senator Robert A. Taft.
Golden served in Congress from 1949 to 1955. He did not seek re-nomination in 1954 and was succeeded by the conservative Eugene Siler. He then resumed his law practice. He died in Pineville, Kentucky, and is interred there at Pineville Memorial Cemetery.