James C. Cleveland

A Representative from New Hampshire. Born in Montclair, Essex County, N. J. , June 13, 1920. Attended public schools and Deerfield Academy. Graduated from Colgate University, Hamilton, N. Y. , in 1941, and from Yale Law School in 1948. Enlisted in United States Army in December 1941 and served forty months overseas in the Pacific in the Fortieth Infantry Division and was discharged as a captain of Field Artillery, February 1946. Was recalled to oversea duty in the Korean conflict from June 1951 to November 1952. Awarded the Bronze Star for valor. After graduation from Yale in 1948 served briefly in the office of Senator Styles Bridges. Was admitted to the bar in 1948 and began the practice of law in Concord and New London, N. H. , in January 1949. Organizer, incorporator, officer, and director of New London Trust Co. Member of the State senate, 1950-1962, and twice served as majority floor leader. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1981). Was not a candidate for reelection in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress. Died December 3, 1995.