James Greeley Flanders (December 13, 1844January 1, 1920) was a member of the

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Biography

Flanders was born on December 13, 1844, in

New London, New Hampshire New London is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,400 at the 2020 census. The town is the home of Colby–Sawyer College. The town center, where 1,266 people resided at the 2020 census, is defined as t ...

. He graduated from

Yale College Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...

in 1867 and from

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in 1869. In 1873, Flanders married Mary C. Haney. They had five children. On January 1, 1920, he died in

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...

due to a severe

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. He was buried at

Forest Home Cemetery Forest Home Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in the Lincoln Village neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is the final resting place of many of the city's famed beer barons, politicians and social elite. Both the cemetery and ...

. Flanders was an Episcopalian.

Career

Flanders was a member of the Assembly during the 1877 session. He was also a school board member, and a delegate to the 1896 Democratic National Convention. Flanders was a

Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is ...

attorney and lifetime friend of

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Arthur MacArthur Jr. Arthur MacArthur Jr. (June 2, 1845 – September 5, 1912) was a lieutenant general of the United States Army. He became the military Governor-General of the American-occupied Philippines in 1900; his term ended a year later due to clashes w ...

, led a long but successful fight on behalf of MacArthur's widow, Mrs. Mary Pinkney "Pinky" Hardy MacArthur. For some reason, Mrs. MacArthur was granted a pension of merely $1,200/per year after MacArthur died on September 5, 1912, whereas the widows of all other lieutenant generals were receiving $2,500/per year. Flanders was able to win the legal battle and have the pension for Mrs. MacArthur raised to $2,500/per year.

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The Political Graveyard
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flanders, James People from New London, New Hampshire Politicians from Milwaukee Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly School board members in Wisconsin 19th-century American Episcopalians Wisconsin lawyers Yale College alumni Columbia Law School alumni 1844 births 1920 deaths Burials in Wisconsin 19th-century American lawyers