James W. Dunbar

James W. Dunbar.

James Whitson Dunbar (October 17, 1860 – May 19, 1943) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

Born in New Albany, Indiana, Dunbar attended the public schools and was graduated from New Albany High School in 1878. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. Manager of public utilities in New Albany and Jeffersonville. Secretary-treasurer of the Western Gas Association 1894–1906. Secretary of the American Gas Institute 1906–1909. He served as president of the Indiana Gas Association 1908-1910 and secretary 1914–1919.

Dunbar was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1922.

Dunbar was elected to the Seventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress. He resumed his former business pursuits. He died in New Albany, Indiana, May 19, 1943. He was interred in Fairview Cemetery.

References

• James W. Dunbar at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by William E. Cox	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 3rd congressional district 1919-1923	Succeeded by Frank Gardner
Preceded by Frank Gardner	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 3rd congressional district 1929-1931	Succeeded by Eugene B. Crowe