James Landy Explained

James Landy
Image Name:James Landy, Representative from Pennsylvania, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait LCCN2010649128 cropped.jpg
Caption:Landy in 1859
State:Pennsylvania
District:3rd
Term Start:March 4, 1857
Term End:March 3, 1859
Preceded:William Millward
Succeeded:John P. Verree
Birth Date:13 October 1813
Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Death Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Resting Place:Lawnview Memorial Park, Rockledge, Pennsylvania, US
Party:Democratic

James Landy (October 13, 1813 – July 25, 1875) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

James Landy was born in Northern Liberties District in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and studied law, but abandoned it later and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a member of the board of school commissioners in 1845.

Landy was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1858. He was elected chief commissioner of highways in 1862. He died in Philadelphia in 1875. Originally interred in Monument Cemetery,[1] he was reburied in Lawnview Cemetery in 1956.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Landy, James 1813-1875 . www.bioguide.congress.gov . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . 25 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Kestenbaum . Lawrence . Landowski to Landya . www.politicalgraveyard.com . The Political Graveyard . 25 October 2022.