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  Oliver, James C.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
  1959-01-01  
 
NameJames C. Oliver
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Cape Elizabeth, Maine , United States
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Born August 06, 1895
DiedDecember 25, 1986 (91 years)
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Jan 31, 2023 12:36am
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InfoOLIVER, James Churchill, a Representative from Maine; born in South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, August 6, 1895; attended the public schools; Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, A.B., 1917; during the First World War enlisted on June 4, 1917, attended the Plattsburg Barracks Training Camp, and was commissioned a captain on November 27, 1917; was promoted to major of Infantry on October 9, 1918, and transferred to the Inspector General's Department until honorably discharged on July 22, 1919; engaged in the general insurance business in Portland, Maine, 1930-1937; member of the board of aldermen of South Portland, Maine, in 1932 and 1933; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1943); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942; served as lieutenant commander in the United States Coast Guard from January 26, 1943, to April 23, 1946; in 1946 engaged in the real estate and insurance business in Maine and California; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor in 1952; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Congress in 1954 and 1956; unsuccessfully contested the election of Robert Hale to the Eighty-fifth Congress in 1956; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1961); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress; delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1960; real estate developer in Cape Elizabeth, Maine; moved to Orlando, Fla., where he died December 25, 1986.


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  11/08/1960 ME District 1 Lost 46.24% (-7.51%)
  09/08/1958 ME District 01 Won 52.08% (+4.17%)
  06/16/1958 ME District 1 - D Primary Won 63.54% (+27.07%)
  09/10/1956 ME District 01 Lost 49.99% (-0.02%)
  06/18/1956 ME District 1 - D Primary Won 56.29% (+31.55%)
  09/13/1954 ME District 01 Lost 47.93% (-4.14%)
  06/26/1954 ME District 1 - D Primary Won 53.53% (+7.07%)
  09/08/1952 ME Governor Lost 33.22% (-18.51%)
  06/15/1942 ME District 1 - R Primary Lost 35.02% (-29.97%)
  09/09/1940 ME District 1 Won 63.42% (+26.83%)
  06/17/1940 ME District 1 - R Primary Won 52.29% (+19.15%)
  09/12/1938 ME District 1 Won 58.97% (+17.94%)
  06/20/1938 ME District 1 - R Primary Won 82.32% (+64.63%)
  09/14/1936 ME District 1 Won 57.86% (+15.72%)
  06/15/1936 ME District 1 - R Primary Won 29.08% (+11.68%)
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