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<p>James Andrew Haley (January 4, 1899 – August 6, 1981) was a U.S. Representative from Florida.</p>
<p>Born in Jacksonville, Alabama, Haley attended the public schools and the University of Alabama. During World War I, Haley enlisted in the United States Army serving with Troop A, Second Cavalry where he saw combat in France, in April 1917 and served overseas. He was an accountant in Sarasota, Florida, from 1920 to 1933. He served as general manager of John Ringling estate 1933–1943.</p>
<p>On December 4, 1942, Haley married Aubrey Ringling (née Aubrey Barlow Black), the widow of Richard T. Ringling who had died in 1931. Richard Ringling was the son of Alf T. Ringling one of the original Ringling brothers.</p>
<p>From 1943 to 1945, he was the first vice president of Ringling Circus and president and director of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. In 1944, a fire broke out at a Ringling Circus show in Hartford, Connecticut that killed 169 persons. On the day of the fire Haley was the highest ranking executive traveling with the circus. During the subsequent trial, he and five other circus officials pleaded no contest to charges of involuntary manslaughter and were sentenced to prison. He served eight months and in 1945 was returned to Florida, where he received a pardon from Governor Millard F. Caldwell.</p>
<p>Haley worked for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey from 1946 to 1948. He later engaged in newspaper publishing and later in general printing business. He served as chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Sarasota County 1935–1952. He served as member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1949 to 1952. He was a delegate to the 1952, 1956, and 1960 Democratic National Conventions.</p>
<p>Haley was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1977), during which time he was a signatory to the 1956 Southern Manifesto that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education.. He served as chairman of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses). In the high-profile 1970 election for the United States Senate from Florida to choose a successor to Spessard L. Holland, Haley strongly supported his fellow Democrat Lawton Chiles, a state senator from Lakeland, who scored an easy victory over the Republican nominee, William C. Cramer of St. Petersburg. Haley called Cramer "little in stature and big in mouth" and suggested that the Republican candidate should "talk less and work more."</p>
<p>Haley was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976.</p>
<p>Haley died in Sarasota on August 6, 1981 and was interred in Boca Raton Cemetery in Boca Raton. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs located in Tampa is named James A. Haley VA Medical Center after him.</p>
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HALEY, James Andrew, a Representative from Florida; born in Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Ala., January 4, 1899; attended the public schools and the University of Alabama; during the First World War enlisted in Troop A, Second Cavalry, in April 1917 and served overseas; accountant, Sarasota, Fla., 1920-1933; general manager of John Ringling estate 1933-1943; first vice president of Ringling Circus 1943-1945 and president and director of Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sarasota, Fla., 1946-1948; engaged in newspaper publishing and later in general printing business; chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Sarasota County 1935-1952; member of the Florida state house of representatives, 1949-1952; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions, 1952-1960; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1977); chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976; died on August 6, 1981, in Sarasota, Fla.; interment in Boca Raton Cemetery, Boca Raton, Fla.
James Andrew Haley (January 4, 1899 – August 6, 1981) was a U.S. Representative from Florida from 1953-1977.
Born in Jacksonville, Alabama, Haley attended the public schools and the University of Alabama. During World War I, Haley enlisted in the United States Army serving with Troop A, Second Cavalry where he saw combat in France, in April 1917 and served overseas. He was an accountant in Sarasota, Florida, from 1920 to 1933. He served as general manager of John Ringling estate 1933–1943.
On December 4, 1942, Haley married Aubrey Ringling (née Aubrey Barlow Black), the widow of Richard T. Ringling who had died in 1931. Richard Ringling was the son of Alf T. Ringling one of the original Ringling brothers.
From 1943 to 1945, he was the first vice president of Ringling Circus and president and director of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. In 1944, a fire broke out at a Ringling Circus show in Hartford, Connecticut that killed 169 persons. On the day of the fire Haley was the highest ranking executive traveling with the circus. During the subsequent trial, he and five other circus officials pleaded no contest to charges of involuntary manslaughter and were sentenced to prison. He served eight months and in 1945 was returned to Florida, where he received a pardon from Governor Millard F. Caldwell.
Haley worked for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey from 1946 to 1948. He later engaged in newspaper publishing and later in general printing business. He served as chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Sarasota County 1935–1952. He served as member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1949 to 1952. He was a delegate to the 1952, 1956, and 1960 Democratic National Conventions.
Haley was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1977), during which time he was a signatory to the 1956 Southern Manifesto that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education.. He served as chairman of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses). In the high-profile 1970 election for the United States Senate from Florida to choose a successor to Spessard L. Holland, Haley strongly supported his fellow Democrat Lawton Chiles, a state senator from Lakeland, who scored an easy victory over the Republican nominee, William C. Cramer of St. Petersburg. Haley called Cramer "little in stature and big in mouth" and suggested that the Republican candidate should "talk less and work more."
Haley was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976. He died in Sarasota on August 6, 1981 and was interred in Boca Raton Cemetery in Boca Raton. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs located in Tampa is named James A. Haley VA Medical Center after him.
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HALEY, James Andrew, a Representative from Florida; born in Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Ala., January 4, 1899; attended the public schools and the University of Alabama; during the First World War enlisted in Troop A, Second Cavalry, in April 1917 and served overseas; accountant, Sarasota, Fla., 1920-1933; general manager of John Ringling estate 1933-1943; first vice president of Ringling Circus 1943-1945 and president and director of Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sarasota, Fla., 1946-1948; engaged in newspaper publishing and later in general printing business; chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Sarasota County 1935-1952; member of the Florida state house of representatives, 1949-1952; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions, 1952-1960; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1977); chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976; died on August 6, 1981, in Sarasota, Fla.; interment in Boca Raton Cemetery, Boca Raton, Fla.
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<p>James Andrew Haley (January 4, 1899 – August 6, 1981) was a U.S. Representative from Florida.</p>
<p>Born in Jacksonville, Alabama, Haley attended the public schools and the University of Alabama. During World War I, Haley enlisted in the United States Army serving with Troop A, Second Cavalry where he saw combat in France, in April 1917 and served overseas. He was an accountant in Sarasota, Florida, from 1920 to 1933. He served as general manager of John Ringling estate 1933–1943.</p>
<p>On December 4, 1942, Haley married Aubrey Ringling (née Aubrey Barlow Black), the widow of Richard T. Ringling who had died in 1931. Richard Ringling was the son of Alf T. Ringling one of the original Ringling brothers.</p>
<p>From 1943 to 1945, he was the first vice president of Ringling Circus and president and director of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. In 1944, a fire broke out at a Ringling Circus show in Hartford, Connecticut that killed 169 persons. On the day of the fire Haley was the highest ranking executive traveling with the circus. During the subsequent trial, he and five other circus officials pleaded no contest to charges of involuntary manslaughter and were sentenced to prison. He served eight months and in 1945 was returned to Florida, where he received a pardon from Governor Millard F. Caldwell.</p>
<p>Haley worked for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey from 1946 to 1948. He later engaged in newspaper publishing and later in general printing business. He served as chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Sarasota County 1935–1952. He served as member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1949 to 1952. He was a delegate to the 1952, 1956, and 1960 Democratic National Conventions.</p>
<p>Haley was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1977), during which time he was a signatory to the 1956 Southern Manifesto that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education.. He served as chairman of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses). In the high-profile 1970 election for the United States Senate from Florida to choose a successor to Spessard L. Holland, Haley strongly supported his fellow Democrat Lawton Chiles, a state senator from Lakeland, who scored an easy victory over the Republican nominee, William C. Cramer of St. Petersburg. Haley called Cramer "little in stature and big in mouth" and suggested that the Republican candidate should "talk less and work more."</p>
<p>Haley was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976.</p>
<p>Haley died in Sarasota on August 6, 1981 and was interred in Boca Raton Cemetery in Boca Raton. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs located in Tampa is named James A. Haley VA Medical Center after him.</p>
<p>James Andrew Haley (January 4, 1899 – August 6, 1981) was a U.S. Representative from Florida.</p>
<p>Born in Jacksonville, Alabama, Haley attended the public schools and the University of Alabama. During World War I, Haley enlisted in the United States Army serving with Troop A, Second Cavalry where he saw combat in France, in April 1917 and served overseas. He was an accountant in Sarasota, Florida, from 1920 to 1933. He served as general manager of John Ringling estate 1933–1943.</p>
<p>On December 4, 1942, Haley married Aubrey Ringling (née Aubrey Barlow Black), the widow of Richard T. Ringling who had died in 1931. Richard Ringling was the son of Alf T. Ringling one of the original Ringling brothers.</p>
<p>From 1943 to 1945, he was the first vice president of Ringling Circus and president and director of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. In 1944, a fire broke out at a Ringling Circus show in Hartford, Connecticut that killed 169 persons. On the day of the fire Haley was the highest ranking executive traveling with the circus. During the subsequent trial, he and five other circus officials pleaded no contest to charges of involuntary manslaughter and were sentenced to prison. He served eight months and in 1945 was returned to Florida, where he received a pardon from Governor Millard F. Caldwell.</p>
<p>Haley worked for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey from 1946 to 1948. He later engaged in newspaper publishing and later in general printing business. He served as chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Sarasota County 1935–1952. He served as member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1949 to 1952. He was a delegate to the 1952, 1956, and 1960 Democratic National Conventions.</p>
<p>Haley was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1977), during which time he was a signatory to the 1956 Southern Manifesto that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education.. He served as chairman of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses). In the high-profile 1970 election for the United States Senate from Florida to choose a successor to Spessard L. Holland, Haley strongly supported his fellow Democrat Lawton Chiles, a state senator from Lakeland, who scored an easy victory over the Republican nominee, William C. Cramer of St. Petersburg. Haley called Cramer "little in stature and big in mouth" and suggested that the Republican candidate should "talk less and work more."</p>
<p>Haley was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976.</p>
<p>Haley died in Sarasota on August 6, 1981 and was interred in Boca Raton Cemetery in Boca Raton. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs located in Tampa is named James A. Haley VA Medical Center after him.</p>
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress entry for James Andrew Haley, viewed on June 17, 2021
HALEY, James Andrew, a Representative from Florida; born in Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Ala., January 4, 1899; attended the public schools and the University of Alabama; during the First World War enlisted in Troop A, Second Cavalry, in April 1917 and served overseas; accountant, Sarasota, Fla., 1920-1933; general manager of John Ringling estate 1933-1943; first vice president of Ringling Circus 1943-1945 and president and director of Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sarasota, Fla., 1946-1948; engaged in newspaper publishing and later in general printing business; chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Sarasota County 1935-1952; member of the Florida state house of representatives, 1949-1952; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions, 1952-1960; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1977); chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976; died on August 6, 1981, in Sarasota, Fla.; interment in Boca Raton Cemetery, Boca Raton, Fla.
Photographs, drawings, engravings, slides, photocopies. There are also photographic collections by county, including Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, and Washington counties, Florida, as well as some materials about Alabama. Researchers should realize that many of the manuscript collections include photographs and visual works in addition to other photograph collections such as the glass plate negative collection and the University of West Florida photographs. Researchers should begin with the central "user file" of photographs, and proceed to consult collections and books for other visual works.
Records of the Army Staff, 1903 - 2009. Official Military Personnel Files, 1912 - 1998. Official Military Personnel File for James A. Haley.
Records of the Army Staff, 1903 - 2009. Official Military Personnel Files, 1912 - 1998. Official Military Personnel File for James A. Haley.
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Records of the Army Staff, 1903 - 2009. Official Military Personnel Files, 1912 - 1998. Official Military Personnel File for James A. Haley.
This Official Military Personnel File includes records from the following folders: Service Documents (April 1917 - December 1920); Post Service Documents (November 1924 - January 1969).
Myers, Alice V. Representative James A. Haley / Alice Myers.
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Paul J. Bernal collection, 1903-1976, (bulk 1960-1970).
Bernal, Paul J. Paul J. Bernal collection, 1903-1976, (bulk 1960-1970).
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Paul J. Bernal collection, 1903-1976, (bulk 1960-1970).
Summary: Collection consists of materials, mostly legal and legislative documents, relating to the restoration of Blue Lake to the Taos Pueblo Indians of northern New Mexico by the U.S. Government in 1970. Includes a substantial amount of correspondence between the Taos Pueblo's supporters and various federal government agencies and officials. Correspondents include representatives of the American Association on Indian Affairs such as President Oliver La Farge, General Council Richard Schifter, and Corrine Locker; as well as New Mexico attorneys Rufus G. and Robert C. Poole; and U.S. Senators Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico and James A. Haley of Florida.
Myers, Alice V. James Andrew Haley : twenty four years with one of the most respected men to serve in the Congress.
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National Land for People collection Bulk, 1972-1983 1850-1991
National Land for People collection, Bulk, 1972-1983, 1850-1991
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National Land for People collection Bulk, 1972-1983 1850-1991
National Land for People, founded primarily by George Ballis and Berge Bulbulian, was a grassroots organization most active in California in the 1970s and 1980s, concerned with a number of environmental factors, most notably federal irrigation water use restrictions and the 160-acre limitation provision of the reclamation law as it applied to the west side of the San Joaquin Valley, California. The National Land for People collection measures 25 linear feet and dates from 1850 to 1991, with the bulk from 1972 to 1983. The collection is comprised of legislation and legal papers, land sales documentation, correspondence, financial statements and contracts, reports, scholastic papers, historical and background information, press releases, printed material including newsletters, brochures, propaganda, and campaign materials, maps,charts, newspaper and magazine issues and clippings, notes, photographs, books and journals, ledgers, and other assorted materials pertaining to the history and activities of the organization and some of its founding members.
National Land for People collection, Bulk, 1972-1983, 1850-1991
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John Collier papers, 1910-1987 (inclusive).
Collier, John, 1884-1968. John Collier papers, 1910-1987 (inclusive).
Title:
John Collier papers, 1910-1987 (inclusive).
The papers consist of correspondence, subject files, writings, memoranda and reports, research materials, and miscellanea, documenting the personal life and professional career of John Collier. His service with the American Indian Defense Association (A.I.D.A.), as United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and as a teacher and author is detailed. Correspondence files include materials with leading political, literary, and social figures. Drafts of books, articles, essays, reviews, and poetry are supplemented with extensive subject files and research materials. Files relating to the Institute of Ethnic Affairs include substantive correspondence and memoranda. The papers of anthropologist Laura Thompson, Collier's second wife, are also arranged in the papers, and date from 1945-1956.
Collier, John, 1884-1968. John Collier papers, 1910-1987 (inclusive).
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Halsey, James Andrew, 1899-
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John Collier papers
John Collier papers
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John Collier papers
The papers consist of correspondence, subject files, writings, memoranda and reports, research materials, and miscellanea, documenting the personal life and professional career of John Collier. His service with the American Indian Defense Association (A.I.D.A.), as United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and as a teacher and author is detailed. Correspondence files include materials with leading political, literary, and social figures. Drafts of books, articles, essays, reviews, and poetry are supplemented with extensive subject files and research materials. Files relating to the Institute of Ethnic Affairs include substantive correspondence and memoranda. The papers of anthropologist Laura Thompson, Collier's second wife, are also arranged in the papers, and date from 1945-1956.
Collier, John, 1884-1968. John Collier papers, 1910-1987 (inclusive).
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Halsey, James Andrew, 1899-
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John Collier papers 1910-1987
John Collier papers, 1910-1987
Title:
John Collier papers 1910-1987
The papers consist of correspondence, subject files, writings, memoranda and reports, research materials, and miscellanea, documenting the personal life and professional career of John Collier. His service with the American Indian Defense Association (A.I.D.A.), as United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and as a teacher and author is detailed. Correspondence files include materials with leading political, literary, and social figures. Drafts of books, articles, essays, reviews, and poetry are supplemented with extensive subject files and research materials. Files relating to the Institute of Ethnic Affairs include substantive correspondence and memoranda. The papers of anthropologist Laura Thompson, Collier's second wife, are also arranged in the papers, and date from 1945-1956.
HALEY, James Andrew, a Representative from Florida; born in Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Ala., January 4, 1899; attended the public schools and the University of Alabama; during the First World War enlisted in Troop A, Second Cavalry, in April 1917 and served overseas; accountant, Sarasota, Fla., 1920-1933; general manager of John Ringling estate 1933-1943; first vice president of Ringling Circus 1943-1945 and president and director of Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sarasota, Fla., 1946-1948; engaged in newspaper publishing and later in general printing business; chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Sarasota County 1935-1952; member of the Florida state house of representatives, 1949-1952; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions, 1952-1960; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1977); chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976; died on August 6, 1981, in Sarasota, Fla.; interment in Boca Raton Cemetery, Boca Raton, Fla.
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<p>James Andrew Haley (January 4, 1899 – August 6, 1981) was a U.S. Representative from Florida.</p>
<p>Born in Jacksonville, Alabama, Haley attended the public schools and the University of Alabama. During World War I, Haley enlisted in the United States Army serving with Troop A, Second Cavalry where he saw combat in France, in April 1917 and served overseas. He was an accountant in Sarasota, Florida, from 1920 to 1933. He served as general manager of John Ringling estate 1933–1943.</p>
<p>On December 4, 1942, Haley married Aubrey Ringling (née Aubrey Barlow Black), the widow of Richard T. Ringling who had died in 1931. Richard Ringling was the son of Alf T. Ringling one of the original Ringling brothers.</p>
<p>From 1943 to 1945, he was the first vice president of Ringling Circus and president and director of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. In 1944, a fire broke out at a Ringling Circus show in Hartford, Connecticut that killed 169 persons. On the day of the fire Haley was the highest ranking executive traveling with the circus. During the subsequent trial, he and five other circus officials pleaded no contest to charges of involuntary manslaughter and were sentenced to prison. He served eight months and in 1945 was returned to Florida, where he received a pardon from Governor Millard F. Caldwell.</p>
<p>Haley worked for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey from 1946 to 1948. He later engaged in newspaper publishing and later in general printing business. He served as chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Sarasota County 1935–1952. He served as member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1949 to 1952. He was a delegate to the 1952, 1956, and 1960 Democratic National Conventions.</p>
<p>Haley was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1977), during which time he was a signatory to the 1956 Southern Manifesto that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education.. He served as chairman of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses). In the high-profile 1970 election for the United States Senate from Florida to choose a successor to Spessard L. Holland, Haley strongly supported his fellow Democrat Lawton Chiles, a state senator from Lakeland, who scored an easy victory over the Republican nominee, William C. Cramer of St. Petersburg. Haley called Cramer "little in stature and big in mouth" and suggested that the Republican candidate should "talk less and work more."</p>
<p>Haley was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976.</p>
<p>Haley died in Sarasota on August 6, 1981 and was interred in Boca Raton Cemetery in Boca Raton. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs located in Tampa is named James A. Haley VA Medical Center after him.</p>
HALEY, James Andrew, a Representative from Florida; born in Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Ala., January 4, 1899; attended the public schools and the University of Alabama; during the First World War enlisted in Troop A, Second Cavalry, in April 1917 and served overseas; accountant, Sarasota, Fla., 1920-1933; general manager of John Ringling estate 1933-1943; first vice president of Ringling Circus 1943-1945 and president and director of Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sarasota, Fla., 1946-1948; engaged in newspaper publishing and later in general printing business; chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Sarasota County 1935-1952; member of the Florida state house of representatives, 1949-1952; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions, 1952-1960; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1977); chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976; died on August 6, 1981, in Sarasota, Fla.; interment in Boca Raton Cemetery, Boca Raton, Fla.
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<p>James Andrew Haley (January 4, 1899 – August 6, 1981) was a U.S. Representative from Florida.</p>
<p>Born in Jacksonville, Alabama, Haley attended the public schools and the University of Alabama. During World War I, Haley enlisted in the United States Army serving with Troop A, Second Cavalry where he saw combat in France, in April 1917 and served overseas. He was an accountant in Sarasota, Florida, from 1920 to 1933. He served as general manager of John Ringling estate 1933–1943.</p>
<p>On December 4, 1942, Haley married Aubrey Ringling (née Aubrey Barlow Black), the widow of Richard T. Ringling who had died in 1931. Richard Ringling was the son of Alf T. Ringling one of the original Ringling brothers.</p>
<p>From 1943 to 1945, he was the first vice president of Ringling Circus and president and director of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. In 1944, a fire broke out at a Ringling Circus show in Hartford, Connecticut that killed 169 persons. On the day of the fire Haley was the highest ranking executive traveling with the circus. During the subsequent trial, he and five other circus officials pleaded no contest to charges of involuntary manslaughter and were sentenced to prison. He served eight months and in 1945 was returned to Florida, where he received a pardon from Governor Millard F. Caldwell.</p>
<p>Haley worked for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey from 1946 to 1948. He later engaged in newspaper publishing and later in general printing business. He served as chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Sarasota County 1935–1952. He served as member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1949 to 1952. He was a delegate to the 1952, 1956, and 1960 Democratic National Conventions.</p>
<p>Haley was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1977), during which time he was a signatory to the 1956 Southern Manifesto that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education.. He served as chairman of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses). In the high-profile 1970 election for the United States Senate from Florida to choose a successor to Spessard L. Holland, Haley strongly supported his fellow Democrat Lawton Chiles, a state senator from Lakeland, who scored an easy victory over the Republican nominee, William C. Cramer of St. Petersburg. Haley called Cramer "little in stature and big in mouth" and suggested that the Republican candidate should "talk less and work more."</p>
<p>Haley was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976.</p>
<p>Haley died in Sarasota on August 6, 1981 and was interred in Boca Raton Cemetery in Boca Raton. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs located in Tampa is named James A. Haley VA Medical Center after him.</p>
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