James William Denny
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901
Preceded byWilliam W. McIntire
Succeeded byCharles Reginald Schirm
In office
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905
Preceded byCharles Reginald Schirm
Succeeded byJohn Gill Jr.
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
In office
1888–1890
Personal details
Born(1838-11-20)November 20, 1838
Frederick County, Virginia, U.S.
DiedApril 12, 1923(1923-04-12) (aged 84)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Resting placeLoudon Park Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materUniversity of Virginia at Charlottesville
OccupationLawyer
Military service
Allegiance Confederate States of America
Branch/service Confederate States Army
UnitVirginia 39th Virginia Battalion of Cavalry
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

James William Denny (November 20, 1838 – April 12, 1923) was a U.S. representative from Maryland.

Early life

James William Denny was born on November 20, 1838, in Frederick County, Virginia. Denny attended the academy of the Rev. William Johnson in Berryville, Virginia and graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville.[1]

Career

He served as principal of the Osage Seminary of Osceola, Missouri. During the Civil War, he returned to his native state and enlisted in Company A, thirty-ninth Virginia Battalion of Cavalry in the Confederate States Army. He served until 1863 when he was detailed for service at General Robert E. Lee's headquarters, where he continued until the surrender at Appomattox Court House. After the war, he returned to Clarke County, Virginia, and graduated from Judge Parker's Law School in Winchester. He moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1867. He was admitted to the bar in Baltimore in 1868, and commenced practice there.[1][2]

Denny was elected to the first branch of the Baltimore City Council in 1881, was reelected in 1882, and later became its president. He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1888 to 1890, as colonel on the staff of Gov. Elihu Emory Jackson and as member of the Baltimore School Board for eight years.[1]

Denny was elected as a Democrat to the fifty-sixth congress (March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901), but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1900 to the fifty-seventh congress. He later was elected to the fifty-eighth congress (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905).[3] He engaged in the practice of law until his death.[1]

Personal life

Denny died on April 12, 1923, in Baltimore. He is interred in Loudon Park Cemetery.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Denny, James William". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  2. ^ Distinguished Men of Baltimore and of Maryland. Baltimore American. 1914. p. 28. Retrieved December 2, 2022 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. November 9, 1903. pp. 45–46. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byWilliam Watson McIntire Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 4th congressional district 1899–1901 Succeeded byCharles Reginald Schirm Preceded byCharles Reginald Schirm Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 4th congressional district 1903–1905 Succeeded byJohn Gill Jr.

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