Background
Vandervoort, James W. was born on May 7, 1855 in in Preston County, Virginia (now West Virginia). Son of Amos A. and Susan (Holmes) Vandervoort.
Vandervoort, James W. was born on May 7, 1855 in in Preston County, Virginia (now West Virginia). Son of Amos A. and Susan (Holmes) Vandervoort.
Educated University of West Virginia. Studied law, University of Virginia (non-graduate).
Admitted to bar, 1877. Practiced, Parkersburg, West Virginia. Counsel for B. & O. Railroad Company for many years.
Has served as city attorney and mayor, Parkersburg, and judge Criminal Court of Wood Company, West Virginia.
Special master in chancery. Republican presidential elector, 1896.
Member American Bar Association (member of national commission on uniform state laws), American Law Institute. Member Board of Law Examiners, since 1921.
Married Maud Shuttleworth, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, June 7, 1882.