{{Short description|American journalist (1890–1988)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = James H. Gildea | image = {{#Property:P18}} | image_size = 200px | caption = Gildea in March 1937 | birth_date = October 21, 1890 | birth_place = [[Coaldale, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania|Coaldale, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_date = {{death_date and age|1988|06|05|1890|10|21}} | death_place = [[Arlington, Virginia]], U.S. | state = [[Pennsylvania]] | district = [[Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district|13th]] | term_start = January 3, 1935 | term_end = January 3, 1939 | preceded = [[George F. Brumm]] | succeeded = [[Ivor D. Fenton]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | profession = Manager [[Coaldale Big Green]], Superintendent of Coaldale State Hospital, Chairman of Coaldale Relief Society, Newspaperman, [[Politician]], | website = | signature = | branch = | service_years = }}
'''James Hilary Gildea''' (October 21, 1890 – June 5, 1988) was an American politician, newspaperman and a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Pennsylvania]].
==Formative years== James H. Gildea was born in [[Coaldale, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania|Coaldale]] [[Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania]] on October 21, 1890. He was apprenticed to the printing trade in 1905.
==Career== Gildea was engaged in the newspaper publishing business from 1910, when he founded the ''Coaldale Observer''. He worked as chairman of the Coaldale Relief Society from 1930 to 1933, and of the Panther Valley Miners' Equalization Committee.
Gildea was elected as a Democrat to the [[74th United States Congress|Seventy-fourth]] and to the [[75th United States Congress|Seventy-fifth]] Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938, 1940, and 1950.
He then resumed his newspaper work and continued publishing until his retirement in 1972. He also worked as superintendent of the Coaldale State Hospital from 1962 to 1965 and managed a professional football team, the [[Coaldale Big Green]].
He was a resident of [[Arlington, Virginia]], until his death.
==Death== Gildea died in Arlington on June 5, 1988. He was buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery in [[Summit Hill, Pennsylvania]].
==Sources== {{CongBio|G000182}} *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilberta-gilgun.html The Political Graveyard] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101127052402/http://profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/08-10-283.pdf Coaldale's Man of Action (football)]
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