- James C. Needham
James Carson Needham (
September 17 ,1864 -July 11 ,1942 ) was a U.S. Representative fromCalifornia .Born in a covered wagon at
Carson City, Nevada , Needham Arrived with his parents at Mayfield,Santa Clara, California ,October 1 ,1864 .He attended the public schools.He was graduated from the University of the Pacific at San Jose in 1886 and from the law department of theUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1889.He served as clerk in The Adjutant General's Office of the War Department inWashington, D.C. , fromSeptember 1 ,1887 , untilSeptember 1 ,1888 , when he resigned to complete his law course.He was admitted to the bar in 1889 and commenced practice inModesto, California .He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the State senate in 1890.Needham was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (
March 4 ,1899 -March 3 ,1913 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1912 for reelection to the Sixty-third Congress.He resumed the practice of law inSan Diego, California from 1913 to 1916, when he returned toModesto, California , and continued his profession.He was appointed judge of the superior court of CaliforniaJanuary 1 ,1919 .Needham was elected to the same office in 1920 to fill an unexpired term.He was reelected in 1922 and again in 1926, and served until
January 1 ,1935 .He died inModesto, California ,July 11 ,1942 .He was interred in the Masonic Cemetery.References
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