district predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place image_size party term_end birth_date term_start article_title state birth_name alma_mater
1st simon m. hamlin robert hale robert hale peter a. garland 25 december 1986 south portland , maine orlando , florida 180px republican / democratic january 3 , 1961 january 3 , 1943 6 august 1895 january 3 , 1959 january 3 , 1937 james c. oliver
 maine james churchill oliver bowdoin college
james c. oliver

james churchill oliver -lrb- august 6 , 1895 -- december 25 , 1986 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from maine .
born in south portland , maine , oliver attended the public schools .
bowdoin college , brunswick , maine , a.b. , 1917 .
during the first world war enlisted on june 4 , 1917 , attended the plattsburg barracks training camp , and was commissioned a captain on november 27 , 1917 .
he was promoted to major of infantry on october 9 , 1918 , and transferred to the inspector general 's department until honorably discharged on july 22 , 1919 .
he engaged in the general insurance business in portland , maine from 1930 to 1937 .
he served as member of the board of aldermen of south portland , maine , in 1932 and 1933 .
oliver was elected as a republican to the seventy-fifth , seventy-sixth , and seventy-seventh congresses -lrb- january 3 , 1937 -- january 3 , 1943 -rrb- .
he was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942 .
he served as lieutenant commander in the united states coast guard from january 26 , 1943 , to april 23 , 1946 .
in 1946 engaged in the real estate and insurance business in maine and california .
he was an unsuccessful democratic candidate for governor in 1952 .
he was an unsuccessful democratic candidate for congress in 1954 and 1956 .
he unsuccessfully contested the election of robert hale to the eighty-fifth congress in 1956 .
oliver was elected as a democrat to the eighty-sixth congress -lrb- january 3 , 1959 -- january 3 , 1961 -rrb- .
he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1960 to the eighty-seventh congress .
he served as delegate to democratic national convention , 1960 .
real estate developer in cape elizabeth , maine .
he moved to orlando , florida , where he died december 25 , 1986 .
