James H. Huling

{{Short description|American politician (1844–1918)}} {{For|the American television personality|James Huling}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}} {{infobox officeholder |name=James H. Huling |image=James H. Huling (West Virginia Congressman).jpg |state=West Virginia |district={{ushr|WV|3|3rd}} |term_start=March 4, 1895 |term_end=March 3, 1897 |predecessor=John D. Alderson |successor=Charles Dorr |office2=Mayor of Charleston, West Virginia |term_start2=1884 |term_end2=1888 |birth_name=James Hall Huling |birth_date={{birth date|1844|3|24}} |birth_place=Williamsport, Pennsylvania, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1918|4|23|1844|3|24}} |death_place=Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. |resting_place=Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. |party=Republican |alma_mater=Lycoming College |profession=Politician, businessman |signature = Signature of James Hall Huling (1844–1918).png | }} '''James Hall Huling''' (March 24, 1844 – April 23, 1918) was an American Republican businessman and politician from West Virginia who served as a United States representative in the 54th United States Congress. Congressman Huling was born in Williamsport in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, on March 24, 1844. He died April 23, 1918.

He went to school at Lycoming College in Williamsport. He served in the Pennsylvania Cavalry in 1863. He engaged in the lumber business and moved to West Virginia in 1870, he left the lumber business in 1874. He served as mayor of Charleston, West Virginia, from 1884 to 1888 but declined a renomination. He won election from West Virginia's 3rd District<ref name=grave>{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughey-hulka.html#R9M0J1DX5 |title=The Political Graveyard |access-date=23 November 2008 |author= Lawrence Kestenbaum }}</ref> in 1894 as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897). He returned to business in Charleston, where he died April 23, 1918. Congressman Huling was buried there in Spring Hill Cemetery.<ref name=grave/>

==Sources== {{Bioguide}} * {{CongBio|H000938|name=HULING, James Hall|inline=1}} Online. September 11, 2007.

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