claim: Chris Paul is a basketball player.
evidence: James McLachlan -LRB- August 1 , 1852 -- November 21 , 1940 -RRB- was a U.S. Representative from California .. U.S. Representative. United States House of Representatives. California. California. Born in Argyllshire , Scotland , McLachlan immigrated to the United States in 1855 with his parents , who settled in Tompkins County , New York .. Argyllshire. Argyllshire. Scotland. Scotland. Reared on a farm and attended the public schools .. He taught in the public schools .. McLachlan was elected school commissioner of Tompkins County , New York , in 1877 .. He was graduated from Hamilton College , Clinton , New York , in 1878 .. He studied law .. He was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of New York in 1880 .. Practiced in Ithaca , New York from 1881 to 1888 .. He moved to Pasadena , California , in 1888 , and there continued the practice of law .. California. California. He served as district attorney of Los Angeles County 1890 -- 1892 .. In 1894 McLachlan was elected as a Republican to the United States House , defeating Democrat George S. Patton , Sr. .. Republican. Republican Party ( United States ). Democrat. Democratic Party ( United States ). He served in the Fifty-fourth Congress -LRB- March 4 , 1895 -- March 3 , 1897 -RRB- .. Fifty-fourth. 54th United States Congress. Congress. United States Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress .. Congress. United States Congress. Fifty-fifth. 55th United States Congress. McLachlan was elected to the Fifty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses -LRB- March 4 , 1901 -- March 3 , 1911 -RRB- .. Fifty-seventh. 57th United States Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress .. Congress. United States Congress. Sixty-second. 62nd United States Congress. He resumed the practice of his profession in Los Angeles , California , served as a member of the National Monetary Commission in 1911 and 1912 .. California. California. He died in Los Angeles , California , November 21 , 1940 .. California. California. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale , California .. California. California. Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Forest Lawn Memorial Park ( Glendale )