James D. Weaver

Infobox Officeholder
name = James Dorman Weaver


date of birth = birth date|1920|09|27
place of birth = Erie, Pennsylvania flagicon|Pennsylvania
death_date = death date|2003|11|15
death_place = Sterling, Virginia flagicon|Virginia
state = Pennsylvania
district = 24th
term_start = January 3, 1963
term_end = January 3, 1965
predecessor = Carroll D. Kearns
successor = Joseph P. Vigorito
party = Republican
spouse =
religion =
profession = Physician
alma_mater = Syracuse University
University of Pennsylvania
allegiance = United States
branch = U.S. Army Medical Corps
United States Air Force
serviceyears = 1946–1948
1965–1983
rank = Brigadier General †
unit =
commands = 383rd Station Hospital
battles =
awards =
footnotes = † Promoted posthumously

James Dorman Weaver (September 27, 1920–November 15, 2003) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, and a colonel in the United States Air Force before being posthomously promoted to Brigadier General.

Weaver was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. He attended the Erie Conservatory of Music and Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York from 1938 to 1941. He graduated from the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1944. While a student he worked on farms in Erie County, Pennsylvania and as an orchestral trombonist. He entered the United States Army Medical Corps in 1946 and served as captain, commanding officer and chief of surgery of the Three Hundred and Eighty-third Station Hospital in Ascom City, Korea, from 1947 to 1948. After his military service, Weaver practiced medicine in Erie from 1948 to 1962. Weaver was a Pennsylvania delegate to White House Conference on Aging in 1961 and served as medical administrator for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation from 1960 to 1962. Weaver served as a medical consultant to the Warren Commission. He was elected as a Republican to the 88th Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964. He returned to active duty with the United States Air Force from 1965 to 1983. He died in Sterling, Virginia, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. [ [http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jdweaver.htm Arlington National Cemetery] ]

Weaver was posthomously promoted to Brigadier General on July 12, 2008. [cite news |last=Martin |first=Jim |title=Erie physician 'made his mark' in life of service |work=Erie Times-News |date=2008-07-11 |accessdate=2008-07-11 |url=http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008807110379]

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*CongBio|W000226

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