Biography

1811 - 08/12/1898

JAMES, Robert, a Representative from Bucks County; born, 1811 in New Britain, Bucks County, Pa.; farmer; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1845 and 1846 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1847 term; elected, jury commissioner, Bucks County (1867-1870); elected, director of the poor, Bucks County (1880); died, August 12, 1898, in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; interred, New Britain Baptist Church Cemetery, New Britain, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.