James S. Golden

James Stephen Golden
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 September 6, 1971(1971-09-06) (aged 79)
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.

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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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