James Zacharie Spearing (April 23, 1864 – November 2, 1942) was a

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from

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, based in

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. Born in

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, Spearing moved with his parents in 1866 to New Orleans, where he attended public schools. He left school and went to work in 1877. In 1886, he obtained a degree from

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in New Orleans. That same year, he was admitted to the bar and began his legal practice in New Orleans. He served as member of the

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from 1908 to 1912 and again from 1916 to 1920 and as president in 1919 and 1920. Between the parish school board terms, he was a member of the Louisiana State Board of Education from 1912 to 1916. He was an alternate delegate to the

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, which nominated the

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, which handily won the electoral votes of Louisiana. Spearing was elected to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

H. Garland Dupré Henry Garland Dupré (July 28, 1873 – February 21, 1924) was from 1910 to 1924 a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, based about New Orleans, Louisiana. Born in Opelou ...

. He was reelected to the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-first Congresses and served from April 22, 1924, to March 3, 1931. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1930. Thereafter, he resumed the practice of law in New Orleans, where he died and is interred at

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in New Orleans.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Spearing, James Zacharie 1864 births 1942 deaths People from Cherokee County, Texas Politicians from New Orleans Tulane University Law School alumni School board members in Louisiana Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana Lawyers from New Orleans Burials at Metairie Cemetery