| LC control no. | n 87870912 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Duff, James H. (James Henderson), 1883-1969 |
| Variant(s) | Duff, James H. |
| See also | Pennsylvania. Governor (1947-1951 : Duff) |
| Birth date | 1883-01-21 |
| Death date | 1969-12-20 |
| Place of birth | Mansfield (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Governors--Pennsylvania Lawyers Legislators |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Scott, Hugh. Papers, 1925-1977 (Duff, James Henderson, 1883-1969) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Duff, James H.) NUCMC data from Pa. Hist. & Mus. Comm. for Taylor, M.H. Papers, 1896-1982 (James Henderson Duff) Register of governors of the U.S.A., 1776-1974 (Duff, James H., governor of Pennsylvania, 1947-1951) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed March 28, 2022 (Duff, James Henderson, a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Mansfield (now Carnegie), Allegheny County, Pa., January 21, 1883; graduated from Princeton University in 1904; student at the University of Pennsylvania 1904-1906; graduated from the law school of the University of Pittsburgh in 1907; admitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of law in Pittsburgh, Pa.; attorney general of Pennsylvania 1943-1947; Governor of Pennsylvania 1947-1951; member of the Pennsylvania Pardon Board; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1950 for the term commencing January 3, 1951, and served until January 3, 1957; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1956; engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C., until his death there December 20, 1969; interment in Chartiers Cemetery, Carnegie, Pa.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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