Senate  1911-14  (District 49)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   St. Louis
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            2/9/1880
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Glencoe, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            McLeod
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            3/4/1968
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Catholic
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Eveleth
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Lawyer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    St. Cloud Parochial Schools; At Least Elementary School; 
St. Cloud Public Schools; At Least Elementary School; 
Melrose Public Schools; At Least Elementary School; 
Melrose Parochial Schools; At Least Elementary School; 
Valparaiso University, Indiana; Attended College; 
University of Indiana, Law School, Bloomington; Law Degree; around 1905
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Municipal Attorney: 
                                            Eveleth, Minnesota (City Attorney); 
                         
                         1??? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            County Attorney: 
                                            St. Louis County, Minnesota (Assistant County Attorney); 
                         
                         19?? to 191?
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Hulda
                                    Children: 
                                    Two children: James Patrick Jr., and John M. (sons)
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    The Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1911 and 1913 list his birth city as Glencoe.  In Memoriam lists St. Cloud.
He left Eveleth, Minnesota in 1915 and moved to Douglas, Arizona.  He later moved to Tucson, Arizona around 1930.
He died in Tucson, Arizona.
He was a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
Religion provided by In Memoriam.