James P. Glynn

Who was James P. Glynn?

James Peter Glynn was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.

Born in Winsted, Connecticut, Glynn attended the public schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Winsted, Connecticut. Town clerk 1892-1902. He served as prosecuting attorney of the town court 1899-1902. Postmaster of Winsted 1902-1914.

Glynn was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses. He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress.

Glynn was elected to the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-first Congresses and served from March 4, 1925, until his death on a train near Washington, D.C., March 6, 1930. He was interred in the new St. Joseph's Cemetery, Winsted, Connecticut.