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2 unusual facts about Jesse J. Finley


Jesse J. Finley

He presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-Seventh Congress and served from March 4, 1881, to June 1, 1882, when he was succeeded by Horatio Bisbee, Jr., who contested his election.

He successfully contested as a Democrat the election of Josiah T. Walls to the Forty-fourth Congress and served from April 19, 1876, to March 3, 1877.


Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr

Wheelock came to the National Gallery of Art in 1973 as the "David E. Finley Fellow", and later he was also named the research curator.

David E. Finley

He attended the public schools of Rock Hill, South Carolina and Ebenezer, South Carolina and was graduated from the law department of South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia, South Carolina in 1885.

He was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice in York, South Carolina.

Finley's son, David E. Finley, Jr., a prominent cultural leader in the United States in the 20th Century, served as the first director of the National Gallery of Art and the founding chairman of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

David Finley

David E. Finley, Jr. (1890–1977), first director of the National Gallery of Art

David E. Finley (1861-1917), United States Representative from South Carolina

Finley Heights

He considered the heights to be islands lying in a great transverse channel across the Antarctic Peninsula and named them "Finley Islands" for John H. Finley of The New York Times, who was then president of the American Geographical Society.

Handlebar moustache

In 1972, to win a $300 "best facial hair" prize offered by team owner Charlie O. Finley, Oakland A's pitcher Rollie Fingers grew a handlebar moustache which he sported throughout his career.

Horatio Bisbee, Jr.

He successfully contested the election of Jesse J. Finley to the Forty-seventh Congress and served from June 1, 1882, to March 3, 1883.

Hugh F. Finley

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress.

Jesse J

Jesse James, an American outlaw and legendary figure of the Wild West

Jesse White

Jesse J. White, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Moses I. Finley

Sir Moses I. Finley, CBE, FBA (May 20, 1912–June 23, 1986) was an American professor, whose prosecution by the McCarran Security Committee led to his move to England, where he became English classical scholar and eventually master of Darwin College, Cambridge.

He became a British subject in 1962 and a Fellow of the British Academy in 1971, and was knighted in 1979.

Following the example of Karl Polanyi, Finley argued that the ancient economy should not be analyzed using the concepts of modern economic science, because ancient man had no notion of the economy as a separate sphere of society, and because economic actions in antiquity were determined not primarily by economic, but by social concerns.

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1894

Incumbent Democratic Congressman Thomas J. Strait of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1893, defeated David E. Finley in the Democratic primary and Republican G.G. Alexander in the general election.

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1900

Incumbent Democratic Congressman David E. Finley of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1899, defeated Thomas J. Strait in the Democratic primary and Republican John F. Jones in the general election.

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1902

Incumbent Democratic Congressman David E. Finley of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1899, defeated T. Yancey Williams in the Democratic primary and Republican C.P.T. White in the general election.

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1904

Incumbent Democratic Congressman David E. Finley of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1899, defeated T. Yancey Williams in the Democratic primary and Republican C.P. White in the general election.

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1906

Incumbent Democratic Congressman David E. Finley of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1899, defeated Thomas J. Strait in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1908

Incumbent Democratic Congressman David E. Finley of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1899, won the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1914

Incumbent Democratic Congressman David E. Finley of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1899, defeated W.F. Stevenson in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1916

Incumbent Democratic Congressman David E. Finley of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1899, defeated William F. Stevenson in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.

William Finley

William L. Finley (1876–1953), American wildlife photographer and conservationist

William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge

The refuge was named for William L. Finley, an early conservationist who persuaded President Theodore Roosevelt to set aside the first National Wildlife Refuge west of the Mississippi River.


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Horatio Bisbee, Jr.

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Presented credentials as a Republican Member-elect to the Forty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1877, to February 20, 1879, when he was succeeded by Jesse J. Finley, who contested the election.