Biography

09/15/1857 - 12/20/1945

ENDSLEY, James William, a Representative from Somerset County; born in Somerset, Somerset County, Pa., September 15, 1857; teacher; merchant; farmer; engaged in lumber business; wheel stock manufacturer; elected, burgess, Somerset (1893); elected, council, Somerset; president, Yough Coal Company; general manager, Listonburg Coal Mining Company; director, Somerset County National Bank; unsuccessful campaign, State Senate (1902); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1904 and 1906; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1908); elected, State Senate (1911-1918); died, December 20, 1945 in Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; interred, Addison Cemetery, Addison, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.