Background
SWEENEY, James J. was born on July 4, 1891 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jeremiah J. and Mary A. (Gidding) Sweeney.
United States Attorney General Special Assistant
SWEENEY, James J. was born on July 4, 1891 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jeremiah J. and Mary A. (Gidding) Sweeney.
Suffolk Law School, Boston, Massachusetts. Georgetown University Law School. National. University Law School, Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, M.P.L.
Admitted to Practice Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, 1921. Court of Claims, 1924. Supreme Court of the United States, 1924.
United States Revenue Cutter Service, 1917. Law Clerk, Office of Solicitor, Navy Department, 1922. Assistant United States Attorney General, Accounting Office, 1926.
Appointed Special Assistant, to United States Attorney General, since 1928.
Member: American Bar Association. National. Geographic Society.
Spouse Viola M. Boyer, Baltimore, Maryland, 1924.