James Hay (politician)
| James Hay | |
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James Hay in 1910
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| Judge of the Court of Claims | |
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In office July 17, 1916 – December 1, 1927 |
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| Appointed by | Woodrow Wilson |
| Preceded by | George Wesley Atkinson |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Estill Whitaker |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 7th district |
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In office March 4, 1897 – October 1, 1916 |
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| Preceded by | Smith S. Turner |
| Succeeded by | Thomas W. Harrison |
| Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs | |
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In office March 4, 1911 – October 1, 1916 |
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| Preceded by | John A. T. Hull |
| Succeeded by | Stanley Dent, Jr. |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from Culpeper, Rappahannock, Madison and Orange Counties | |
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In office 1894–1897 |
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| Preceded by | Basil Gordon |
| Succeeded by | J. L. Jeffries |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Greene and Madison Counties | |
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In office 1886–1891 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Chapman |
| Succeeded by | John Utz |
| Personal details | |
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January 9, 1856 Millwood, Virginia |
| Died | June 12, 1931 (aged 75) Madison, Virginia |
| Resting place | Cedar Hill Cemetery, Rapidan, Virginia |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Constance Tatum (1878 – 1886) (her death) Eloise M Cave (unknown – unknown) (his death) |
| Alma mater |
University of Pennsylvania Washington and Lee University |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
Constance Tatum (1878 – 1886) (her death)
Frances Gordon (1891 – 1920) (her death)
James Hay (January 9, 1856 – June 12, 1931) was an American politician from Virginia. He was a member of the United States Congress and a judge on the United States Court of Claims.
Born in Millwood, Virginia, Clarke County, Hay attended private schools and the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. He was graduated from the law department of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, in 1877 and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Harrisonburg, Virginia in 1877, where he also taught school for a time. Hay married Constance Tatum of Dayton, Virginia on October 1, 1878, and had two sons.
He moved to Madison, Virginia in June 1879 and continued the practice of law.
Hay was Commonwealth's Attorney from 1883 to 1896 and member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1885 to 1889. Hay's first wife died in 1886. On June 9, 1891 he married Frances Gordon of Richmond, Virginia and they had two daughters. Hay served in the Senate of Virginia from 1893 to 1897; was a member of the Democratic State committee in 1888; and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1888.
Hay was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, until his resignation on October 1, 1916. In Congress he was chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs (Sixty-second through Sixty-fourth congresses), in which capacity he was involved in the "Preparedness Movement" of 1915–16, and in response to which he drafted and pushed through the National Defense Act of 1916.
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