James Francis Lind was a Democratic

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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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James F. Lind was born in York, Pennsylvania

York, Pennsylvania

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. He graduated from the Penn State Extension School as an accountant

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. He served in the United States Army

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 from 1917 to 1920, 1941 to 1946, and in 1953. He also served in the United States Army Reserve

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 from 1934 to 1941, and the Pennsylvania National Guard

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 from 1934 to 1941. He served on the Veterans’ Administration of York County, Pennsylvania

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, from 1946 to 1947, and as chief clerk to the York County Board of Commissioners in 1948.

Lind was elected as a Democrat to the 81st Congress in 1948, defeating incumbent Republican Congressman Chester H. Gross

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, and was re-elected to the 82nd Congress in 1950. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952

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, defeated by Republican S. Walter Stauffer

S. Walter Stauffer

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. After his time in Congress, he served as controller of York County. He died on April 11, 1975, in York and is interred in Arlington National Cemetery

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