James M. Collins
| James M. Collins | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 3rd district |
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In office August 24, 1968 – January 3, 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Joe R. Pool |
| Succeeded by | Steve Bartlett |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
James Mitchell Collins April 29, 1916 Hallsville, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | July 21, 1989 (aged 73) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children |
Nancy Miles Collins Fisher |
| Residence | Dallas, Texas |
| Alma mater |
Woodrow Wilson High School |
| Profession | Businessman |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Nancy Miles Collins Fisher
Michael J. Collins
Woodrow Wilson High School
Southern Methodist University
James Mitchell "Jim" Collins (April 29, 1916 – July 21, 1989) was a Republican who represented the Third Congressional District of Texas from 1968-1983. The district was based at the time about Irving in Dallas County.
Collins was born in Hallsville in Harrison County in East Texas. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas. In 1989, Collins was inducted into the Woodrow Wilson High School Hall of Fame the same year it was created in celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the institution. Collins graduated thereafter from Southern Methodist University in University Park (a part of Dallas) and from Harvard Business School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Collins then entered the United States Army, having served as a lieutenant in the Third Army of General George S. Patton, Jr., during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.
Collins was first elected to the U.S. House in a special election caused by the death in 1968 of Democratic U.S. Representative Joe R. Pool. In the general election that fall, he received 81,696 votes (59.4 percent) to 55,939 (40.6 percent) for Democrat Robert H. Hughes. His victory was part of a strong trend toward the GOP in north Dallas; this district has been in Republican hands without interruption since then.
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