# James H. Huling

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{{Short description|American politician (1844–1918)}}
{{For|the American television personality|James Huling}}
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|name=James H. Huling
|image=James H. Huling (West Virginia Congressman).jpg
|state=[West Virginia](/source/West_Virginia)
|district={{ushr|WV|3|3rd}}
|term_start=March 4, 1895
|term_end=March 3, 1897
|predecessor=[John D. Alderson](/source/John_D._Alderson)
|successor=[Charles Dorr](/source/Charles_Dorr)
|office2=Mayor of [Charleston, West Virginia](/source/Charleston%2C_West_Virginia)
|term_start2=1884
|term_end2=1888
|birth_name=James Hall Huling
|birth_date={{birth date|1844|3|24}}
|birth_place=[Williamsport, Pennsylvania](/source/Williamsport%2C_Pennsylvania), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1918|4|23|1844|3|24}}
|death_place=[Charleston, West Virginia](/source/Charleston%2C_West_Virginia), U.S.
|resting_place=Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
|party=[Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
|alma_mater=[Lycoming College](/source/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](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) businessman and politician from [West Virginia](/source/West_Virginia) who served as a [United States representative](/source/United_States_representative) in the [54th United States Congress](/source/54th_United_States_Congress). Congressman Huling was born in [Williamsport](/source/Williamsport%2C_Pennsylvania) in [Lycoming County, Pennsylvania](/source/Lycoming_County%2C_Pennsylvania), on March 24, 1844. He died April 23, 1918.

He went to school at [Lycoming College](/source/Lycoming_College) in Williamsport. He served in the Pennsylvania Cavalry in 1863. He engaged in the lumber business and moved to [West Virginia](/source/West_Virginia) in 1870, he left the lumber business in 1874. He served as mayor of [Charleston, West Virginia](/source/Charleston%2C_West_Virginia), from 1884 to 1888 but declined a renomination. He won election from [West Virginia's 3rd District](/source/West_Virginia's_3rd_congressional_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/>

==See also==
* [West Virginia's congressional delegations](/source/West_Virginia's_congressional_delegations)
* [List of mayors of Charleston, West Virginia](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Charleston%2C_West_Virginia)

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

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