J. Washington Logue Explained

State:Pennsylvania
District:6th
Predecessor:George D. McCreary
Successor:George P. Darrow
Birth Name:James Washington Logue
Birth Date:22 February 1863
Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Party:Republican
Term Start:March 4, 1913
Term End:March 4, 1915
Resting Place:Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

James Washington Logue (February 22, 1863  - August 27, 1925) was an American lawyer and Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania for one term from 1913 to 1915.

Biography

J. Washington Logue was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from La Salle University in Philadelphia. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1888 and commenced the practice of his profession in Philadelphia.

Congress

In 1912, Logue was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress.

Later career

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania in 1918.

He resumed the practice of law in Philadelphia, and was a member of the speakers’ bureau of the Council of National Defense during World War I. He served as secretary of the board of inspectors of the Eastern Penitentiary in 1923.

Death and burial

He died in Philadelphia on August 27, 1925, and was interred at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania.[1]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Logue, James Washington 1863-1925 . www.bioguide.congress.gov . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . 27 October 2022.