James D. Martin
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 7th district |
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In office January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 |
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| Preceded by | Carl Elliott |
| Succeeded by | Tom Bevill |
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James Douglas Martin September 1, 1918 Tarrant, Jefferson County Alabama, USA |
| Political party | Democrat-turned-Republican (1962) |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Martin |
| Children | Three children |
| Residence | Gadsden, Alabama |
| Alma mater | Birmingham School of Law |
| Occupation | Retired petroleum products distributor |
| Religion | United Methodist (after 1968 merger) |
James Douglas Martin (born September 1, 1918) is a retired businessman and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Alabama, who served a single term in the United States House of Representatives from 1965 to 1967. His 1962 campaign for the United States Senate against the Democrat J. Lister Hill was the first serious showing by a member of his party in Alabama since Reconstruction. Martin is the oldest living former member of the House and the earliest serving, single term Representative still alive.
Born in Tarrant in Jefferson County, Alabama, Martin attended public schools and the Birmingham School of Law. In 1937, he began working in the petroleum industry. In July 1941, he enlisted in the United States Army and subsequently commanded an artillery battery in the Third Army under General George S. Patton, Jr., in the European Theater of Operations of World War II. An intelligence officer in the Army of Occupation, he was discharged as a Major in March 1946. He returned to Alabama to work as an oil products distributor. He is United Methodist.
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