James F. Hastings

A Representative from New York. Born in Olean, Cattaraugus County, N. Y. , April 10, 1926. United States Navy, flight squadrons, 1943-1946. Member of the Allegany (N. Y. ) Town Board, ten years. Five years as Allegany, N. Y. , police justice. Member of the New York state assembly, 1962-1965. Member of the New York state senate, 1965, served two terms. Manager and vice president, radio station WHDL, 1952-1966. National advertising manager, The Times Herald, Olean, N. Y. , 1964-1966. Partner in real estate and insurance firm of Hastings &. Jewell. Delegate, New York State convention, 1966. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1968 and 1972. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-first Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses, and served until his resignation January 20, 1976 (January 3, 1969-January 20, 1976). President of Associated Industries of New York State, Inc. , Albany, N. Y. Died on October 24, 2014, in Allegany, N. Y.