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James McDevitt Magee (April 5, 1877 – April 16, 1949) was an
aviator and a
Republican
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* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Biography
James M. Magee was born in
Evergreen, Pennsylvania (near
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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). He graduated from
Yale University
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in 1899, where he was a member of
Skull and Bones
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,
and from the law department of the
University of Pennsylvania
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at
Philadelphia
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in 1902. He was admitted to the bar in 1903 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh. He was commissioned a first lieutenant in the
United States Army Air Service
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during the
First World War
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. He was promoted to captain and served until January 1919. He was later commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the Reserve. During his entire period of service he was attached to the executive office of the
Department of Military Aeronautics.
Magee was elected as a Republican to the
Sixty-eighth and
Sixty-ninth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in
1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Viet ...
. He served as chairman of the Pennsylvania Securities Commission in
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from 1931 to 1935. He continued the practice of law in Pittsburgh until his death there. Magee was interred in
Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Calvary Catholic Cemetery is located at 718 Hazelwood Avenue in the Greenfield and Hazelwood neighborhoods of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
It was founded in 1886 with the purchase of a 200-acre (80-hectare) tract. The first official interment ...
.
Magee was brother of
John Magee (missionary)
John Gillespie Magee (October 10, 1884 – September 11, 1953) was an American Episcopal priest, best known for his work in Nanking as a missionary, and for the films and pictures he shot during the Nanking Massacre. He is also credited with s ...
, and uncle to
John Gillespie Magee, Jr., author of the poem "High Flight."
References
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1877 births
1949 deaths
Burials at Calvary Catholic Cemetery (Pittsburgh)
Pennsylvania lawyers
Politicians from Pittsburgh
Yale University alumni
United States Army Air Service pilots of World War I
University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania