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Watson (JAMES E a United States)

JAMES E., a United States Senator from Indiana, born at Winchester, Ind., in 1864. He was educated at the De Pauw University. In 1886 he was admitted to the bar. He removed to Rushville, Ind., in 1893, and in 1895 was elected to the 54th Congress.

He was elected from the 56th to the 60th Congresses (1899-1909). In 1908 he was the Republican candidate for governor of Indiana. In 1916 he was appointed United States Senator, to fill the unexpired term of Benjamin F. Shively. He was re-elected in 1920.

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