James C. Auchincloss

James Coats Auchincloss
James Coats Auchincloss
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from New Jersey's 3rd district
	In office; January 3, 1943—January 3, 1965
Preceded by	William H. Sutphin (D)
Succeeded by	James J. Howard (D)
Personal details
Born	January 19, 1885; New York City
Died	October 2, 1976 (aged 91); Alexandria, Virginia
Political party	Republican
Profession	politician

James Coats Auchincloss (January 19, 1885 – October 2, 1976) was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1943–1965.

Biography

Auchincloss was the son of Edgar Stirling Auchincloss (1847–1892) and Maria LeGrange Sloan. His uncles were Hugh Dudley Auchincloss (father of Hugh D. Auchincloss, Jr.) and John Winthrop Auchincloss (grandfather of Louis Auchincloss).^[1]^[2] He attended the Cutler School in New York City, and the Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts; graduated from Yale University in 1908; engaged in financial and stock brokerage business in New York City 1908-1940. He was a governor of the New York Stock Exchange from 1921 to 1938.^[3] He served in the Seventh Regiment, New York National Guard from 1909 to 1913; during World War I served as captain, Military Intelligence; deputy police commissioner of New York City; founder, treasurer, president, and chairman of the board of the New York Better Business Bureau. He was a member of the Rumson, New Jersey borough council from 1930 to 1937, and served as the borough's mayor from 1938 to 1943. His father is the eldest brother of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss, making James the nephew of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss and cousin of stockbroker and lawyer Hugh D. Auchincloss, Jr..

He was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1965); was not a candidate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress. In 1951, Auchincloss founded the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, D.C..

He died in Alexandria, Virginia, aged 91 and was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery, the Bronx, New York City.

Notes

^ Birmingham, Stephen (1968). The Right People. Little, Brown. p. 326.
^ Buck, Albert H. (1909). The Bucks of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Stone Printing and Manufacturing Co. pp. 120–3.
^ "Auchincloss Heads Bureau Again". New York Times. May 29, 1931. Retrieved 2009-01-24. James C. Auchincloss, a governor of the New York Stock and member of the firm of Auchincloss Mills, has been elected president of the Better Business Bureau ... {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

United States Congress. "James C. Auchincloss (id: A000227)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Political Graveyard bio for James C. Auchincloss
James C. Auchincloss at Find a Grave

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by William Halstead Sutphin	U.S. House of Representatives, New Jersey 3rd District 1943–1965	Succeeded by James J. Howard

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[1] Birmingham, Stephen (1968). The Right People. Little, Brown. p. 326.

[2] Buck, Albert H. (1909). The Bucks of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Stone Printing and Manufacturing Co. pp. 120–3.

[3] "Auchincloss Heads Bureau Again". New York Times. May 29, 1931. Retrieved 2009-01-24. James C. Auchincloss, a governor of the New York Stock and member of the firm of Auchincloss Mills, has been elected president of the Better Business Bureau ... {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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