James H. Gildea

James H. Gildea

James Hilary Gildea (October 21, 1890–June 5, 1988) was a newspaperman and a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

James H. Gildea was born in Coaldale, Pennsylvania. He was apprenticed to the printing trade in 1905. He was engaged in the newspaper publishing business since 1910, when he founded the "Coaldale Observer". He worked as chairman of the Coaldale Relief Society from 1930 to 1933, and of the Panther Valley Miners’ Equalization Committee.

Gildea was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and to the Seventy-fifth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938, 1940, and 1950. He resumed newspaper publishing until his retirement in 1972. He also worked as superintendent of the Coaldale State Hospital from 1962 to 1965. He was a resident of Arlington, Virginia, until his death there. He is buried in St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Summit Hill, Pennsylvania.

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