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American politician (1833–1920)

James Gary
Gary (c. 1897/1898)

38th United States Postmaster General
In office March 5, 1897 – April 21, 1898
President	William McKinley
Preceded by	William Lyne Wilson
Succeeded by	Charles Emory Smith

Personal details
Born	James Albert Gary (1833-10-22)October 22, 1833 Uncasville, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	October 31, 1920(1920-10-31) (aged 87) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Resting place	Loudon Park Cemetery Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Lavinia W. Corrie (m. 1856)
Children	10
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James Albert Gary (October 22, 1833 – October 31, 1920) was a U.S. political figure. He was the Republican candidate in the 1879 Maryland gubernatorial election. He served as Postmaster General from 1897 to 1898.

Early life

James Albert Gary was born on October 22, 1833, in Uncasville, Connecticut, to Pamelia (née Forrest) and James Sullivan Gary. His father was a well-known manufacturer.

Career

In 1861, Gary joined his father under the firm James S. Gary & Son. After the death of his father in 1870, Gary took over the ownership of his father's company.

In 1858, Gary was nominated for the Maryland Senate under the Republican ticket, but lost. In 1861, he was a delegate to the Union convention held at the Maryland Institute. He was a delegate to the 1872 and the 1876 Republican National Conventions. He would attend the following national conventions until 1896. In 1872, Gary ran for U.S. Congress, but was defeated.

Gary ran as the Republican candidate for Maryland Governor in the 1879 election, losing to William Thomas Hamilton. He served as the Postmaster General from March 5, 1897, to his resignation due to illness on April 21, 1898.

He spent much of his working life in textile manufacture in the Baltimore, Maryland, region, and was involved with cotton mills along the Patapsco and Patuxent Rivers, including Ely, Guilford, and Laurel, Maryland.

Gary served as president of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association. He was also president of the Citizens' National Bank. Gary was vice president of the Consolidated Gas Company. He was director of the Savings Bank of Baltimore, Baltimore Warehouse Company, American Fire Insurance Company, Merchants and Manufacturers' Insurance Company and the Baltimore Trust and Guaranty Company.

Personal life

Gary married Lavinia W. Corrie in 1856. They had ten children, including E. Stanley, Mrs. Robert C. Taylor, Mrs. Henry Pratt Janes, Mrs. Harold Randolph, Mrs. Eugene Levering Jr., Mrs. Francis E. Pegram, Mrs. Van Lear Black and Mrs. Andrew H. Whitridge. Only eight of his children survived to adulthood.

Gary was a prominent member of Baltimore's prestigious Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church and led the movement to establish Babcock Memorial Church there in memory of Brown Memorial's minister, Maltbie Babcock. He also contributed to the construction of a church in Daniels, MD, which was later named in his honor: Gary Memorial United Methodist Church.

Gary had a home in the Mount Vernon section of Baltimore and a summer place in Catonsville.

Gary died on October 31, 1920, at his home at Linden Avenue and Dolphin Street in Baltimore. He was buried at Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore.

References

^ Meekins, Lynn R. (1910). Men of Mark in Maryland. pp. 134–137. Retrieved April 2, 2023 – via Archive.org.
"James A. Gary Dies At His Home in City". The Baltimore Sun. November 1, 1920. p. 9. Retrieved April 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
"Maryland-Colored voters shot down and driven away from the polls". The New York Times. Baltimore. November 5, 1879. p. 5. Retrieved January 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "James Albert Gary Biography". Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans 1904. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
^ "James A. Gary Dies At Home; Ill Long Time". The Baltimore Sun. November 1, 1920. p. 18. Retrieved April 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
"In memory of Dr. Babcock" (PDF). The New York Times. May 24, 1901. Retrieved December 6, 2008.
Gary Memorial United Methodist Church; "Gmuc.org - History". Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
"James A. Gary Funeral Marked By Simplicity". The Baltimore Sun. November 3, 1920. p. 9. Retrieved April 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

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Party political offices
Preceded byJames Morrison Harris	Republican nominee for Governor of Maryland 1879	Succeeded byHart Holton
Political offices
Preceded byWilliam Wilson	United States Postmaster General 1897–1898	Succeeded byCharles Emory Smith

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Secretary of the Treasury	Lyman J. Gage (1897–1901)
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Attorney General	Joseph McKenna (1897–1898) John W. Griggs (1898–1901) Philander C. Knox (1901)
Postmaster General	James Albert Gary (1897–1898) Charles Emory Smith (1898–1901)
Secretary of the Navy	John Davis Long (1897–1901)
Secretary of the Interior	Cornelius Newton Bliss (1897–1899) Ethan A. Hitchcock (1899–1901)
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