James W. Oliver
James W. Oliver (c. 1844 in New York City – September 18, 1911 in Manhattan, NYC) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
[edit]He graduated from St. John's College. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in New York City.
Oliver was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1884, 1885, 1898, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1911; and was Minority Leader in 1907.
He died on September 18, 1911, in St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan; and was buried at the Calvary Cemetery in Queens.
Sources
[edit]- Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 317, 319, 339, 352, 354f, 357 and 359f)
- EX-ASSEMBLYMAN OLIVER HURT in NYT on November 3, 1899
- JAMES W. OLIVER, ASSEMBLYMAN, DIES in NYT on September 19, 1911
- FUNERAL OF JAMES W. OLIVER in NYT on September 22, 1911
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