Arthur Horace James (1883-1973)

Arthur Horace James (1883-1973) is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Plymouth, Luzerne County, dedicated 2004.

150 E Main St. (Washington & Main), Plymouth

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Prominent Pennsylvania Republican politician and public official. Elected Luzerne County District Attorney, 1919-1926; Lieutenant Governor, 1927-1931; and Governor, 1939-1943. Served as a Judge on the Superior Court of the Commonwealth, 1933-1938, and was a Republican presidential primary candidate in 1940. James was born in Plymouth of Welsh immigrant parents and worked as a "breaker boy" in anthracite coal mines.

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1871 · Plate F. East Central Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Map of Pennsylvania. 93 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1903 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1950 · Wilkes-Barre West, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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Arthur Horace James (1883-1973)

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