James B. Foley

James B. Foley

James Bradford Foley (October 18, 1807 - December 5, 1886) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

Born near Dover, Kentucky, Foley received a limited schooling.He was employed on a flatboat on the Mississippi River in 1823.He moved to Greensburg, Indiana, in 1834.He engaged in mercantile pursuits 1834-1837, and afterwards in farming. Treasurer of Decatur County 1841-1843.He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1850.He was appointed commander of the Fourth Brigade of State militia in 1852.

Foley was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859).He resumed agricultural pursuits in Decatur County.He died in Greensburg, Indiana, December 5, 1886.He was interred in South Park Cemetery.

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