Background
He was born in Brooklyn, the son of Thomas Louis Higgins and Mary Scott Higgins.
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James Higgins
Edit Profilepolitician member of the New York State Senate
Education
He graduated from Erasmus Hall High School and Fordham University School of Law.
Career
He was admitted to the bar in 1916. He was New York City Commissioner of Accounts, appointed by Mayor Jimmy Walker, from 1927 to 1932. He died on November 26, 1962.
And was buried at Saint John Cemetery in Queens.
New York Times: LOOT HIGGINS"South HOME OF $2,500 Indiana JEWELRY. Burglars Take Gems Beside Sleeping Child as CommissionerTakes Hour"s Stroll.
Beside Sleeping Child as Commissioner Takes Hour"s Stroll. The home of Higgins, Commissioner of Accounts, at 925 Union Street, Brooklyn, was entered Thursday night by a burglar or burglars, who stole a.
Membership
Higgins was a member of the New York State Senate (6th Doctorate) from 1923 to 1926, sitting in the 146th, 147th, 148th and 149th New York State Legislatures. And was Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections from 1923 to 1924.
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Political Party
Democratic party