James S. Golden

James Stephen Golden
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 8th district
In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955
Preceded by	Joe B. Bates
Succeeded by	Eugene Siler
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 9th district
In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953
Preceded by	William Lewis
Succeeded by	District eliminated
Personal details
Born	(1891-09-20)September 20, 1891 Barbourville, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	Pineville, Kentucky, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Union College University of Kentucky University of Michigan
Profession	lawyer, prosecutor, politician

James Stephen Golden (September 20, 1891 – September 6, 1971) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Born in Barbourville, Kentucky, Golden attended grade school in Barbourville and high school at Union College, Barbourville, Kentucky. He attended the University of Kentucky at Lexington, receiving the A.B., 1912 and then got his law degree from the law school of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, LL.B., 1916. He was admitted to the bar in 1916 and commenced the practice of law in Barbourville, Kentucky, the same year.

Golden was elected county attorney of Knox County, Kentucky, in 1918 and served until 1922. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1952.

Golden was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-first and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1955). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress. He resumed the practice of law. He died in Pineville, Kentucky, September 6, 1971. He was interred in Pineville Memorial Cemetery.

References

• James S. Golden at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by William Lewis	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 9th congressional district January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	Succeeded by District eliminated
Preceded by Joe B. Bates	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 8th congressional district January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955	Succeeded by Eugene Siler

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