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James H. Huling

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from West Virginia's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897
Preceded byJohn D. Alderson
Succeeded byCharles Dorr
Mayor of Charleston, West Virginia
In office
1884–1888
Personal details
Born

James Hall Huling


March 24, 1844
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedApril 23, 1918 (aged 74)
Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
Resting placeSpring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Alma materLycoming College
ProfessionPolitician, businessman
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James Hall Huling (March 24, 1844 – April 23, 1918) was an American Republican businessman and politician from West Virginia who served as a United States representative in the 54th United States Congress. Congressman Huling was born in Williamsport in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, on March 24, 1844. He died April 23, 1918.

He went to school at Lycoming College in Williamsport. He served in the Pennsylvania Cavalry in 1863. He engaged in the lumber business and moved to West Virginia in 1870, he left the lumber business in 1874. He served as mayor of Charleston, West Virginia, from 1884 to 1888 but declined a renomination. He won election from West Virginia's 3rd District[1] in 1894 as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897). He returned to business in Charleston, where he died April 23, 1918. Congressman Huling was buried there in Spring Hill Cemetery.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Lawrence Kestenbaum. "The Political Graveyard". Retrieved November 23, 2008.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from West Virginia's 3rd congressional district
1895–1897 		Succeeded by