James Landy
{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = James Landy
| image name = James Landy, Representative from Pennsylvania, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait LCCN2010649128 cropped.jpg
| caption = Landy in 1859
| state = Pennsylvania
| district = 3rd
| term_start = March 4, 1857
| term_end = March 3, 1859
| preceded = William Millward
| succeeded = John P. Verree
| birth_date = {{birth date|1813|10|13}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1875|07|25|1813|10|13}}
| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
| death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
| resting_place = Lawnview Memorial Park, Rockledge, Pennsylvania, US
| party = Democratic
}}
James Landy (October 13, 1813 – July 25, 1875) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
James Landy was born in Northern Liberties District in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and studied law, but abandoned it later and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a member of the board of school commissioners in 1845.
Landy was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1858. He was elected chief commissioner of highways in 1862. He died in Philadelphia in 1875. Originally interred in Monument Cemetery,{{cite web |title=Landy, James 1813-1875 |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/L000056 |website=www.bioguide.congress.gov |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=25 October 2022}} he was reburied in Lawnview Cemetery in 1956.{{cite web |last1=Kestenbaum |first1=Lawrence |title=Landowski to Landya |url=https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/landram-landy.html |website=www.politicalgraveyard.com |publisher=The Political Graveyard |access-date=25 October 2022}}
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Category:Burials at Lawnview Memorial Park
Category:Burials at Monument Cemetery
Category:Politicians from Philadelphia
Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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