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Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
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VAN ZANDT, James Edward, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Altoona, Blair County,
Pa., December 18, 1898; attended the public schools and the Pennsylvania
Railroad Apprentice School, Altoona, Pa.; served in various departments until
1938, when he became district passenger agent; during the First World War
enlisted as an apprentice seaman in the United States Navy on April 30, 1917,
and served two years overseas; member of the United States Naval Reserve
1919-1943 with rank of lieutenant; national commander of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars 1934-1936; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth,
Seventy-seventh, and Seventy-eighth Congresses and served from January 3, 1939,
until his resignation September 24, 1943; while a Member of Congress was called
to active duty in September 1941 and served until January 1942 with the Pacific
Fleet and in escort convoy duty in the North Atlantic; reentered the service in
September 1943 as a lieutenant commander and was assigned to the Pacific area
until discharged as a captain, January 25, 1946, and retired as rear admiral,
United States Naval Reserve, January 1, 1959; elected to the Eightieth and to
the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1963); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress, but was an
unsuccessful candidate for United States Senator; special representative of the
governor of Pennsylvania until 1971; resided in Arlington, Va., where he died
January 6, 1986; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.
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