James Bernard Reilly, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

James Bernard Reilly

American politician

Date of Birth: 12-Aug-1845

Date of Death: 14-May-1924

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About James Bernard Reilly

  • James Bernard Reilly (August 12, 1845 – May 14, 1924) was a Democratic member of the U.S.
  • House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. James B.
  • Reilly was born in Pinedale, Pennsylvania.
  • He attended the public schools and was graduated from the Bunker Hill School in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in 1862.
  • He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in Pottsville.
  • He was district attorney of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, from 1871 to 1875. Reilly was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses.
  • He resumed the practice of law in Pottsville.
  • He was a delegate to the 1880 Democratic National Convention.
  • He was an unsuccessful candidate for law judge of Schuylkill County in 1881 and again in 1882, and an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress. Reilly was again elected to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses.
  • He served as chairman on the United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads during the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses.
  • He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894.
  • He served as United States marshal for the eastern district of Pennsylvania from 1896 to 1900.
  • He again resumed the practice of law in Pottsville and was an unsuccessful candidate for justice of the superior court in 1913.
  • He died in Pottsville in 1924.
  • Interment in St.
  • Patrick’s No.
  • 3 Cemetery.

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