James R. McCartney

{{short description|American politician}}

{{infobox officeholder

|name=James R. McCartney

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|caption=

|office=24th Secretary of State of West Virginia

|term_start=March 19, 1975

|term_end=January 17, 1977

|governor=Arch A. Moore Jr.

|preceded=Hike Heiskell

|succeeded=A. James Manchin

|birth_name=James Rowe McCartney

|birth_date={{birth date|1920|04|07}}

|birth_place=Meyersdale, Pennsylvania

|death_date={{death date and age|2011|02|22|1920|04|07}}

|death_place=Morgantown, West Virginia

|party=Republican

|spouse=Mary Kathryn Amos

|children=5

|education=West Virginia University (AB)

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| allegiance = {{flagu|United States|1912}}

| branch = United States Army

| serviceyears = 1942–1946

| rank = Major

| unit = 2nd Armored Division

| battles = {{tree list}}

• World War II
• European theater{{tree list/end}}

| mawards = {{ubl|Silver Star (2)|Purple Heart|Croix de Guerre (France)}}

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James Rowe McCartney (April 7, 1920 – February 22, 2011) was the Secretary of State of West Virginia from 1975 until 1977. He was a highly decorated World War II United States Army veteran, receiving two Silver Stars, the Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation, French Croix de Guerre, and Belgian Fougerre. McCartney graduated from West Virginia University and served on several state commissions including the West Virginia Ethics Commission.[http://www.sundaygazettemail.com/News/201102250510 James R. McCartney] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716163010/http://www.sundaygazettemail.com/News/201102250510 |date=2011-07-16 }}[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/postgazette/obituary.aspx?n=james-mccartney&pid=148854773 Obituary]