James Leland Quinn (September 8, 1875 – November 12, 1960) was an American newspaperman and politician who served two terms as a Democratic member of the

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from

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from 1935 to 1939.

Life and career

James L. Quinn was born in

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. He moved to Braddock, Pennsylvania with his parents in 1880, and attended St. Thomas School. He was employed as a newspaper reporter from 1891 to 1896, and became owner and

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of the ''Braddock Journal'' in 1896.

Political career

He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1933 to 1935. In 1934, Quinn was elected as a Democrat to the

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and was re-elected to the Seventy-fifth Congress in 1936. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938.

Later career and death

After leaving Congress, he resumed the newspaper publishing business. He died in Braddock, Pennsylvania, and is interred in Braddock Catholic Cemetery.

Sources

The Political Graveyard
1875 births 1960 deaths Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives American newspaper publishers (people) Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania People from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Journalists from Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub