About James P. Dunleavy
Lived 1938 – 2023 (aged 84–85). James P. Dunleavy was an American lawyer and politician.
James P. Dunleavy (September 23, 1939 – December 10, 2023) was an American politician and jurist from Maine. Dunleavy, a Democrat, served one term in the Maine House of Representatives (1973-1974). He represented Presque Isle, Maine. After leaving the Legislature, Dunleavy was elected as Judge Probate for Aroostook County. Re-elected in 1980, he won the Democratic Party's nomination for Maine's 2nd congressional district in 1982. He lost to Republican incumbent Olympia Snowe.
Dunleavy is a graduate of the University of Maine School of Law, which he attended on scholarship. He is married and has seven children.
Dunleavy died in December 2023 at his home in Presque Isle, Maine, at the age of 84.
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American politician and jurist
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James P. Dunleavy was born in 1938.
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James P. Dunleavy died on 10 December 2023.
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James P. Dunleavy was a lawyer and politician.
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