James Washington Logue (February 22, 1863 – August 27, 1925) was an American lawyer and Democratic member of the

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from

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Biography

J. Washington Logue was born in

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. He graduated from La Salle University in Philadelphia. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1888 and commenced the practice of his profession in Philadelphia. Logue was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania in 1918. He resumed the practice of law in Philadelphia, and was a member of the speakers’ bureau of the

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during

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. He served as secretary of the board of inspectors of the

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in 1923. He died in Philadelphia on August 27, 1925, and was interred at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in

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The Political Graveyard

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* 1863 births 1925 deaths Burials at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Lawyers from Philadelphia Politicians from Philadelphia La Salle University alumni {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub