LC control no. | n 85044996 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Fulton, James G. (James Grove), 1903-1971 |
Variant(s) | Fulton, James Grove, 1903-1971 Fulton, James Grove, 1903- |
Located | Washington, D.C. |
Birth date | 19030301 |
Death date | 19711006 |
Place of birth | Dormont, Pa. |
Place of death | Washington, D.C. |
Affiliation | Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate |
Profession or occupation | Legislators |
Found in | LCCN 72-601028: U.S. 92nd Cong., 1st sess., 1971, Memorial svcs. held in the House ... 1972 (hdg.: Fulton, James Grove, 1903-1971; no usage) LC data base, 6/12/85 (hdg.: Fulton, James Grove, 1903-; usage: James G. Fulton) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Fulton, James Grove, 1903-1971) Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed Mar. 9, 2015 (Fulton, James Grove, Representative from Pennsylvania; b. Dormont Borough, Allegheny County, Pa., March 1, 1903; attended the public schools in South Hills and the Fine Arts Department of Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa.; was graduated from Pennsylvania State College at State College in 1924 and from Harvard Law School, Doctor of Laws, 1927; was admitted to the bar in 1928 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh, Pa.; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the Allegheny County Board of Law Examiners 1934-1942; served in the State senate in 1939 and 1940; solicitor for Dormont Borough in 1942; publisher of the Mount Lebanon (Pa.) News and several other newspapers; enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve in 1942 and served in the South Pacific as a lieutenant until discharged in 1945; in 1944 while still in the service was elected as Republican to 79th Congress; reelected to the thirteen succeeding Congresses and served from Jan. 3, 1945, until his death in Washington, D.C., Oct. 6, 1971; delegated to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment at Havana in 1947 and 1948, and to the fourteenth General Assembly of United Nations in 1959; served as adviser on space to United States Mission at United Nations, 1960-1969; interment in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.) |