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James Polk Latta (October 31, 1844 – September 11, 1911) was a
Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...
Democratic politician. Born near
Ashland, Ohio Ashland is a city in and the county seat of Ashland County, Ohio, United States, 66 miles southwest of Cleveland and 82 miles northeast of Columbus. The population was 20,362 at the 2010 census. It is the center of the Ashland Micropolitan Stat ...
, he moved with his parents to
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, in 1846. He attended school and worked on a farm. In 1863 he moved to the
Nebraska Territory The Territory of Nebraska was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until March 1, 1867, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Nebraska. The Nebraska ...
to teach school in
Tekamah, Nebraska Tekamah (pronounced "teh-KAY-muh")

. He farmed and raised stock in
Burt County, Nebraska Burt County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska, bordering the west bank of the upper Missouri River. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 6,858. Its county seat is Tekamah. The county was formed in 1854 and named after ...
, eventuality becoming interested in banking. He organized the First National Bank of Tekamah in 1890 and served as its president until his death. He was elected to the
Nebraska House of Representatives The Nebraska House of Representatives was the lower house of the Nebraska Legislature during the days when Nebraska Territory, Nebraska was a territory from 1854 to 1867 and then again when Nebraska was a state from 1867 until 1937. In 1934, Nebras ...
in 1887 and to the
Nebraska Senate The Nebraska Legislature (also called the Unicameral) is the legislature of the U.S. state of Nebraska. The Legislature meets at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. With 49 members, known as "senators", the Nebraska Legislature is the small ...
in 1907. He ran and won to represent as a democrat Nebraska's 3rd district to the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Congresses serving from March 4, 1909, to his death on September 11, 1911, in
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. He is buried in the Tekamah Cemetery.


See also

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James P. Latta, late a representative from Nebraska, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1913
* * 1844 births 1911 deaths Democratic Party members of the Nebraska House of Representatives Democratic Party Nebraska state senators People from Ashland County, Ohio Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska 19th-century American politicians People from Tekamah, Nebraska {{Nebraska-politician-stub