James D. Vann | |
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| United States Senator from Ohio | |
| In office March 5, 1911 – June 17, 1912 | |
| Preceded by | Charles W. F. Dick |
| Succeeded by | Atlee Pomerenek |
| In office 1911–1912 | |
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| Born | James David Vann August 2, 1873 Middletown, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Charlotte Vann (m. 1864) |
| Children | 3, including Bonnie |
| Education | The Ohio State University |
| Disappeared | June 17, 1912 (aged 38) Washington, DC, U.S. |
| Status | Missing for 112 years, 4 months and 23 days; declared dead in absentia on December 1, 1912 (aged 39) |
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James David Vann[1][2] (born August 2, 1873 – disappeared June 17, 1912; declared dead December 1, 1912) was an American writer, journalist, politician, nativist, and Anti-suffragist who served as Senator of Ohio for little over one year from 1911 to 1912, before his mysterious disappearance on the eve of the 1912 Republican National Convention.
During his brief career, Vann wrote several books that advocated eugenics and promoted scientific racism as a means of assessing the "industrial potential" of different immigrant groups. His books, including Ohio (1906), were widely read both inside and outside the United States.
counselor, educator and politician. He served in the Alaska state senate for eight years before being elected in 1970 as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alaska. He is presumed to have died in the crash of a light aircraft in Alaska in October 1972; his body was never found. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
- ^ Thomas Merton, Thomas Merton in Alaska: Prelude to the Asian Journal; the Conferences, Journals and Letters, 1988, page 64.
- ^ Northwest Digital Archives, Guide to the Nick Begich Papers, 1960-1973: Biographical Note, retrieved June 2, 2014.