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Senate Years of Service: 1945-1946 Party: Democrat
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HUFFMAN, James Wylie, a Senator from Ohio; born in Chandlersville, Muskingum County, Ohio,
September 13, 1894; attended the public schools; also attended Ohio Wesleyan
University and Ohio State University; taught high school; during the First
World War served as a machine gun officer; graduated with a law degree from the
University of Chicago in 1922; admitted to the bar in Ohio and Illinois in 1922
and commenced practice in Chicago, Ill.; assistant attorney general of Illinois
in 1923; returned to Ohio in 1924 and was executive secretary to the Governor
of Ohio 1924-1926; member of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio 1927-1929;
engaged in the practice of law at Columbus, Ohio; served as director of
commerce of Ohio 1945; appointed on October 8, 1945, as a Democrat to the
United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Harold H.
Burton and served from October 8, 1945, to November 5, 1946, when a successor
was elected; was not a candidate for nomination to fill the vacancy in 1946,
but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the full term; vice president
and director, Logan Clay Products Co., Logan, Ohio; director, later president
and chairman of the board, Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. of Columbus, Ohio;
member of board of trustees, Ohio State University 1951-1957; author; was a
resident of Pickerington, Ohio, until his death on May 20, 1980; interment in
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
BibliographyHuffman, James Wylie.
The Legend of Duncan Falls. Columbus, OH: n.p., 1968.
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