James H. Duff

Infobox Governor
name= James H. Duff


caption=
order= 36th
office= Governor of Pennsylvania
term_start= 1947
term_end= 1951
predecessor= John C. Bell, Jr.
successor= John S. Fine
birth_date= January 21 1883
birth_place= Carnegie, Pennsylvania
death_date= death date and age |1969|12|20|1883|01|21
death_place= Washington, DC
spouse= Jean Taylor
profession= Attorney, Politician
party= Republican
age=
religion= Presbyterian

James Henderson Duff (January 21 1883ndash December 20 1969) was an American lawyer and politician in the mid-20th century. He served as the Governor of Pennsylvania (1947–1951) and U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (1951-1957).

Duff was active in politics throughout his adult life, but did not become a political candidate until 1942, after 35 years as a partner in the Pittsburgh law firm of Duff, Scott & Smith. He successfully ran for Attorney General of Pennsylvania, and took office in 1943. Four years later, he ran and won as the Republican candidate for governor.

Duff was elected to the United States Senate from Pennsylvania in 1950. After losing the 1956 senatorial election to Democrat Joseph S. Clark, Duff retired from politics, but remained in Washington, D.C. as a partner in the law firm of Davies, Richberg, Tydings, Landa & Duff. He died in Washington, D.C., and was buried in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.

Duff was a native of Mansfield (now Carnegie), Pennsylvania. He received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1904 and his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1907. He married Jean Taylor on October 26 1909. In 1929, he helped found the Mt. Lebanon community of Virginia Manor. [cite news|publisher=Mt. Lebanon Magazine|url=http://www.mtlebanon.org/DocumentView.asp?DID=1839|title=Shades of Mt. Lebanon|pages=46-53|author=Elaine Wertheim|date=October 2003]

References

* "Who's Who in America". Chicago : Marquis, 1968.
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000516 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: DUFF, James Henderson]