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DUFF, James Henderson

1883 – 1969

Overview
Biography
Congresses
Bibliography
Research Collections
US Congresses Served
82nd – 84th(1951 – 1957)
Senate Years of Service
1951 – 1957
State / Territory
Pennsylvania
Position
Senator
Party
Republican

Overview

US Congresses Served
82nd – 84th(1951 – 1957)
Senate Years of Service
1951 – 1957
State / Territory
Pennsylvania
Position
Senator
Party
Republican

Biography

DUFF, James Henderson, a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Mansfield (now Carnegie), Allegheny County, Pa., January 21, 1883; graduated from Princeton University in 1904; student at the University of Pennsylvania 1904-1906; graduated from the law school of the University of Pittsburgh in 1907; admitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of law in Pittsburgh, Pa.; attorney general of Pennsylvania 1943-1947; Governor of Pennsylvania 1947-1951; member of the Pennsylvania Pardon Board; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1950 for the term commencing January 3, 1951, and served until January 3, 1957; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1956; engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C., until his death there December 20, 1969; interment in Chartiers Cemetery, Carnegie, Pa.

Congresses

CongressPositionPartyStateStartDeparture
82
Senator
Republican
Pennsylvania
01/16/1951
83
Senator
Republican
Pennsylvania
84
Senator
Republican
Pennsylvania
01/03/1957

The 82nd United States Congress

The 83rd United States Congress

The 84th United States Congress

Bibliography

There are currently no bibliographies for this profile. Please contact the U.S. House of Representatives (archives@mail.house.gov) or U.S. Senate (historian@sec.senate.gov) with any questions or suggestions.

Research Collections

Cornell University

Labor Management Documentation
Ithaca, New York
Papers:
Correspondence in Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen general legislative files, 1953-1963.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

Abilene, Kansas
Papers:
300 references in Alphabetical File and items in other collections including Pre-Presidential files and Ann Whitman file.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Papers:
In LeRoy Vincent Greene papers, 1931-1959.

Mississippi State University

Mitchell Memorial Library
Mississippi State, Mississippi
Papers:
1955. 1 item.

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Papers:
1943-1953, 1956, 1959. 86.4 feet. Chiefly records generated while he was state attorney general and governor with an additional thirty-one letters in various collections and photographs. Finding aid.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

Special Collections
University Park, Pennsylvania
Papers:
Correspondence in American Federation of Teachers, Local 500, Pennsylvania State University records, 1942-1962. Finding aid.

University of Michigan

Bentley Historical Library
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Papers:
Correspondence in Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg papers, 1884-1974; and Owen J. Cleary papers, 1944-1951. Finding aid.

University of Virginia

Alderman Library
Charlottesville, Virginia
Papers:
Correspondence in Hugh Scott papers, 1925-1983. Finding aid.
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