James M. Gudger Jr. ca. 1912 James Madison Gudger Jr. (October 22, 1855 – February 29, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a

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from

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from 1903 to 1907 and again from 1911 to 1915. He was father of Katherine Gudger Langley.

Biography

Born near

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, Gudger attended the common schools at Sand Hill, North Carolina, and Emory and Henry College,

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. He studied law in Pearson's Law School,

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. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in

, in 1872. He served as member of the State senate in 1900. State solicitor of the sixteenth district in 1901 and 1902.

Congress

Gudger was elected as a

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to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907). He resumed the practice of law at

. Gudger was elected to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Sixty-third Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.

Later career and death

He again resumed the practice of his profession. He died in

, February 29, 1920. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery.

Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gudger, James M. Jr. 1855 births 1920 deaths People from Marshall, North Carolina Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina Democratic Party North Carolina state senators