About Thomas E. James
Lived 1872 – 1936 (aged 63–64). Thomas E. James was an American politician.
Thomas Edward James Jr (1872–1936) was an American politician who served as the third Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida.
James was the son of a pastor. He was raised in the area of Tampa, Fl. and worked for the Havana-American Company.
Before moving to Miami, he married Lula Lummus, the sister of J.N. Lummus Sr., a man who would later become a pioneer of and the first Mayor of Miami Beach, Fl
James was a banker later in life.
Notably, his daughter, Mrs. Mary James Herin, was a charter member of a Methodist church in Miami Beach.
James is buried in St Petersburg, Fl.
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American politician
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Thomas E. James was born in 1872.
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Thomas E. James died in 1936.
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Thomas E. James was a politician.
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Thomas E. James was American.
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