Background
Edgerton, James Arthur was born on January 30, 1869 in Plantsville, Ohio, United States. Son of Richard and Tamar (Vernon) Edgerton.
Edgerton, James Arthur was born on January 30, 1869 in Plantsville, Ohio, United States. Son of Richard and Tamar (Vernon) Edgerton.
Graduate Normal University, Lebanon, O., 1887, Master of Arts, 1895. 1 year’s post-graduate work, Marietta (O.) College.
Editor county and state papers several years. On editorial staff Denver News, 1899-1903, American Press Association, New York, 1904, Watson’s Magazine, 1905. Editorial writer New York American, 1907, American Press Association, 1908-1913.
Purchasing agent Post Office Department, 1913-1920.
Member of War Industries Board, 1917-1919. Federal prohibition director, New Jersey, 1920, now manufacturers’ agent Chairman Populist State Committee, Nebraska, 1895-1896.
Secretary Populist National Committee, 1896-1904. Member Populist National Executive Committee, 1904-1908.
Secretary State Labor Bureau, Nebraska, 1895-1899.
Received party vote for clerk United States House of Representatives, 1897. General organizer Independence League, 1906. President National New Thought Alliance, 1909-1914, International New Thought Alliance, 1914-1924, 34.
Prohibition nominee for vice-president of the United States, 1928.
Author: Glimpses of the Real, 1903. In the Gardens of the God, 1904.
The Philosophy of Jesus, 1928. Invading the Invisible, 1930.
Home: Alexandria, Virginia.
Member of War Industries Board, 1917-1919. Member Populist National Executive
Married Blanche Edgerton (2d cousin), March 21, 1895. Children: James Clark, Joseph Selby, Mistress George Lacy, John Eldoh, Justin Lincoln, Elizabeth.