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James Madison Gudger, Jr. (October 22, 1855 - February 29, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, father of Katherine Gudger Langley. Born near Marshall, North Carolina, Gudger attended the common schools at Sand Hill, North Carolina, and Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia. He studied law in Pearson's Law School, Asheville, North Carolina. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Marshall, North Carolina, in 1872. He served as member of the State senate in 1900. State solicitor of the sixteenth district in 1901 and 1902. Gudger was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907). He resumed the practice of law at Asheville, North Carolina. Gudger was elected to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1915). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Sixty-third Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress. He again resumed the practice of his profession. He died in Asheville, North Carolina, February 29, 1920. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery. ==Source== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James M. Gudger, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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