James W. Oliver

James W. Oliver (c. 1844 in New York City – September 18, 1911 in Manhattan, NYC) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He graduated from St. John's College. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in New York City.

Oliver was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1884, 1885, 1898, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1911; and was Minority Leader in 1907.

He died on September 18, 1911, in St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan; and was buried at the Calvary Cemetery in Queens.

Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 317, 319, 339, 352, 354f, 357 and 359f)
EX-ASSEMBLYMAN OLIVER HURT in NYT on November 3, 1899
JAMES W. OLIVER, ASSEMBLYMAN, DIES in NYT on September 19, 1911
FUNERAL OF JAMES W. OLIVER in NYT on September 22, 1911

New York State Assembly
Preceded by Thomas Maher	New York State Assembly New York County, 2nd District 1884–1885	Succeeded by Thomas Maher
Preceded by Thomas J. Barry	New York State Assembly New York County, 2nd District 1898	Succeeded by James A. Rierdon
Preceded by Charles Anderson	New York State Assembly New York County, 6th District 1906	Succeeded by Adolph Stern
Preceded by John T. Eagleton	New York State Assembly New York County, 3rd District 1907–1911	Succeeded by John C. Fitzgerald

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