James Gamble (January 28, 1809 – February 22, 1883) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from

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. He served two consecutive terms representing two different districts from 1851 to 1855.

Biography

James Gamble was born in

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. He attended the common schools and Jersey Shore Academy. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in December 1833 and commenced practice in Jersey Shore. He served as

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, treasurer from 1834 to 1836. He resumed the practice of law in Jersey Shore, and served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1841 and 1842.

Congress

Gamble was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses. He served as president judge of

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, in 1859 and 1860, and president judge of the court of common pleas of Lycoming County from 1868 to 1878. He died in

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, in 1883. Interment in Wildwood Cemetery.

Sources

The Political Graveyard
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