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James W. Booth

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Life

He attended schools in New York City, and became a dyer and manufacturer of cotton goods.^[2]

He was a member of the Board of Fire Commissioners in 1865, but resigned after three months.^[1]^[1] In 1873, he was elected by the State Legislature as a Regent of the University of the State of New York.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (5th D.) from 1874 until his death, sitting in the 97th, 98th and 99th New York State Legislatures.^[1]

He died from heart disease at the house of his brother-in-law in Nyack, New York on September 14, 1876 at age 54.^[2]

References

1. ^¹²{{cite encyclopedia |author=W. H. McElroy |coauthors= |editor= |encyclopedia=Life Sketches of Government Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York in 1875 |title=James W. Booth |url=https://archive.org/stream/govofficesket00mceliala/govofficesket00mceliala_djvu.txt |year=1875 |pages= |quote=As a dyer and manufacturer of cotton goods ... | accessdate=2012-10-25 }}
2. ^¹²{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=James W. Booth |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1876/09/15/80345751.pdf |quote= He was born in 1822 on the corner of Bedford street and Barrow, in the Ninth Ward, and has lived in the same block ever since ... was made a Fire Commissioner and served in that capacity for several months. |newspaper=New York Times |date=September 15, 1876 |accessdate=2012-10-25 }}

Sources

[https://www.nytimes.com/1865/05/04/news/the-fire-commissioners-sworn-in-philip-w-enge-appointed-in-place-of-samuel-sloan.html The Fire Commissioners Sworn In] in NYT on May 4, 1865
[https://www.nytimes.com/1865/09/05/news/the-fire-department.html The Fire Department] in NYT on September 5, 1865
[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1873/05/14/80316705.pdf NOMINATION OF REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY] in NYT on May 14, 1873

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