James Landy (October 13, 1813 – July 25, 1875) was a Democratic member of the

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from

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Biography

James Landy was born in Northern Liberties District in

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, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and studied law, but abandoned it later and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a member of the board of school commissioners in 1845. Landy was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1858. He was elected chief commissioner of highways in 1862. He died in Philadelphia in 1875. Originally interred in

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, he was reburied in Lawnview Cemetery in 1956.

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