James M. Mead
| James Michael Mead | |
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United States Senator from New York |
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In office December 3, 1938 – January 3, 1947 |
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| Preceded by | Royal S. Copeland |
| Succeeded by | Irving M. Ives |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 42nd district |
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In office March 4, 1919 – December 2, 1938 |
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| Preceded by | William F. Waldow |
| Succeeded by | Pius L. Schwert |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the Erie County, 4th district |
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In office January 1, 1915 – December 31, 1918 |
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| Preceded by | Patrick W. Quigley |
| Succeeded by | Andrew T. Beasley |
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December 27, 1885 Mount Morris, New York |
| Died | March 15, 1964 (aged 78) Lakeland, Florida |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Buffalo, New York |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
James Michael Mead (December 27, 1885 – March 15, 1964) represented New York in the United States Senate from 1938 until 1947.
Born in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York, Mead moved to Buffalo with his family at the age of four. He went to work at age 12, and was employed by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad; his career included jobs as a water boy, lamp lighter, section hand, spike mauler, shop mechanic and switchman. He also worked for the Pullman Company as a mechanic on sleep car dynamos. Mead was later employed as a switchman on the Erie Railroad, and was eventually elected president of the Switchmen's Union's Buffalo local. From 1911 to 1914 he was employed as an officer with the United States Capitol Police.
Mead also continued his education during his railroad and police careers; he attended Buffalo's Caton School of Engineering and completed an engineering course of instruction at the Buffalo Institute of Technology. He also took courses at Canisius College and Catholic University. While working nights for the Capitol Police, Mead attended the Georgetown University Law Center during the day.
He served on the Erie County, New York Board of Supervisors (County Council) in 1914; and was a member of the New York State Assembly (Erie Co., 4th D.) in 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918.
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