James A. Hemenway
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James Alexander Hemenway (March 8, 1860 February 10, 1923) was a United States Representative and Senator
from Indiana. Born in Boonville, Indiana
, he attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar
, commencing practice in Boonville in 1885. He was prosecuting attorney for the second judicial circuit of Indiana from 1886 to 1890 and was elected as a Republican
to the Fifty-fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1895, until his resignation, effective March 3, 1905, at the close of the Fifty-eighth Congress, having been elected Senator. While in the House of Representatives he was chairman of the Committee on Appropriations (Fifty-eighth Congress).
Hemenway was elected to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles W. Fairbanks
and served from March 4, 1905, to March 3, 1909; he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on University of the United States (Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses). He resumed the practice of law in Boonville and died in Miami, Florida
; interment was in Maple Grove Cemetery, Boonville.
United States Senate
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from Indiana. Born in Boonville, Indiana
Boonville, Indiana
Boonville is a city in Boon Township, Warrick County, Indiana, United States. The population was 6,834 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Warrick County. Founded in 1818 and named for Jesse Boon, father of Ratliff Boon...
, he attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar
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, commencing practice in Boonville in 1885. He was prosecuting attorney for the second judicial circuit of Indiana from 1886 to 1890 and was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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to the Fifty-fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1895, until his resignation, effective March 3, 1905, at the close of the Fifty-eighth Congress, having been elected Senator. While in the House of Representatives he was chairman of the Committee on Appropriations (Fifty-eighth Congress).
Hemenway was elected to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles W. Fairbanks
Charles W. Fairbanks
Charles Warren Fairbanks was a Senator from Indiana and the 26th Vice President of the United States ....
and served from March 4, 1905, to March 3, 1909; he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on University of the United States (Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses). He resumed the practice of law in Boonville and died in Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
; interment was in Maple Grove Cemetery, Boonville.