James Edmund Jeffries

James Edmund Jeffries
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Member of the United States House of Representatives		In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983
Preceded by	Martha Keys
Succeeded by	Jim Slattery
Personal details
Born	(1925-06-01)June 1, 1925 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died	August 22, 1997(1997-08-22) (aged 72) Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Residence	Atchison, Kansas
Alma mater	Michigan State University

James Edmund Jeffries (June 1, 1925 – August 22, 1997) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas from 1979 to 1983.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Jeffries attended the public schools. He graduated from Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1943. He attended Michigan State University, Lansing, 1947. He served in the United States Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1945. and was an investment counselor and corporate director from 1956 to 1979. He served as a delegate to the Kansas State Republican convention, 1978.

Jeffries was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth and to the Ninety-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983). He was a conservative. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress and was a resident of Atchison, Kansas until he retired to Tucson, Arizona, where he died.

References

• James Edmund Jeffries at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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