James Hall Huling (March 24, 1844 – April 23, 1918) was an American

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businessman and politician from

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who served as a

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in the

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. Congressman Huling was born in Williamsport in

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, on March 24, 1844. He died April 23, 1918. He went to school at

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in Williamsport. He served in the Pennsylvania Cavalry in 1863. He engaged in the lumber business and moved to

in 1870, he left the lumber business in 1874. He served as mayor of

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, from 1884 to 1888 but declined a renomination. He won election from West Virginia's 3rd District in 1894 as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897). He returned to business in Charleston, where he died April 23, 1918. Congressman Huling was buried there in Spring Hill Cemetery.

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* Online. September 11, 2007.
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