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James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr.

James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 41st district
In office
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951
Preceded by Joseph Mruk
Succeeded by Harold C. Ostertag
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 39th district
In office
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1945
Preceded by Archie D. Sanders
Succeeded by W. Sterling Cole
United States Senator
from New York
In office
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1927
Preceded by Elihu Root
Succeeded by Robert F. Wagner
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the Livingston County district
In office
January 1, 1905 – December 31, 1910
Preceded by William Y. Robinson
Succeeded by John C. Winters Jr.
Personal details
Born (1877-08-12)August 12, 1877
Geneseo, New York
Died June 21, 1952(1952-06-21) (aged 74)
Washington, D.C.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Alice Hay Wadsworth
Alma mater Yale University

James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (August 12, 1877 – June 21, 1952) was a Republican politician from New York. He was the son of New York State Comptroller James Wolcott Wadsworth, and the grandson of Union General James S. Wadsworth.

Wadsworth attended St. Mark's School, then graduated from Yale in New Haven, Connecticut in 1898, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. He served as a private in the Volunteer Army in the Puerto Rican Campaign during the Spanish-American War. Upon leaving the Army, he entered the and farming business, first in New York and then Texas.

He became active early in Republican politics. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Livingston Co.) in 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909 and 1910; and was Speaker from 1906 to 1910.

In 1911, while Wadsworth was on a European tour, he met his aunt, Cornelia Wadsworth Ritchie Adair (1837–1921), the widow of Irish businessman John George Adair. She maintained residences at Glenveagh Castle in Ireland and at the JA Ranch in the Texas Panhandle that her husband had financed. Mrs. Adair invited Wadsworth to become general manager of the JA, located southeast of Amarillo. The ranch was begun by her second husband, John "Jack" Adair (hence the initials "JA"), and his partner, the legendary Texas cattleman Charles Goodnight. Wadsworth accepted his aunt's offer and ran the ranch until 1915, when he took his U.S. Senate seat. He once joked that he "had no change of clothes for twelve days and fully expected the Board of Health to be after me." Wadsworth was succeeded as JA manager by Timothy Dwight Hobart.


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