James R. Howe
{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = James R. Howe
|image = James Robinson Howe.jpg
|caption =
|state = New York
|district = {{ushr|New York|6|6th}}
|term_start = March 4, 1895
|term_end = March 3, 1899
|predecessor = Thomas F. Magner
|successor = Mitchell May
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1839|1|27}}
|birth_place = New York, New York
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1914|9|21|1839|1|27}}
|death_place = North Salem, New York
|resting_place = Green-Wood Cemetery
|party = Republican
|signature = Signature of James Robinson Howe (1839–1914).png
}}
James Robinson Howe (January 27, 1839 – September 21, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
Born in New York City on January 27, 1839, Howe attended the common schools.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentur26unkngoog/page/n417/mode/1up |title=The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans |volume=V |editor1-first=Rossiter |editor1-last=Johnson |editor2-first=John Howard |editor2-last=Brown |publisher=American Biographical Society |location=Boston |page= |year=1904 |access-date=2022-04-26 |via=Internet Archive}}
He was employed as a clerk in a dry-goods store.
He moved to Brooklyn in 1870 and engaged in the dry-goods business.
Howe was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1898. Register of Kings County 1900–1902. He served as director of several banks. He died in North Salem, New York, on September 21, 1914. He was interred in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100496481/simple-funeral-for-j-r-howe/ |title=Simple Funeral for J. R. Howe |newspaper=The Brooklyn Times |page=3 |date=1914-09-25 |access-date=2022-04-26 |via=Newspapers.com}}
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|3891}}
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| state= New York
| district= 6
| before= Thomas F. Magner
| after= Mitchell May
| years= 1895–1899 }}
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Category:Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
Category:19th-century New York (state) politicians
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives