James Breck Perkins
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James Breck Perkins (November 4, 1847 – March 11, 1910) was an American historian, a United States congressman, and a writer.
He was born in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of Rochester, where he was a member of St. Anthony Hall, in 1867. He served as city attorney of Rochester, New York, from 1874 to 1878; was a member of the New York State Assembly (Monroe Co., 1st D.) in 1898; and served as a representative in Congress from 1901 until his death.
Recognized as the leading authority in the particular historical field to which he devoted himself, he was honored by membership in the National Institute of Arts and Letters. His writings include:[1]
- France under Mazarin (1887)
- France under Louis XV (1897)
- Richelieu (1900), in the "Heroes of the Nations Series"
- France in the American Revolution (1911)
He died in Washington, D.C.
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- James Breck Perkins, late a representative from New York, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives frontispiece 1911
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- 1847 births
- 1910 deaths
- Historians from New York (state)
- University of Rochester alumni
- Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
- Politicians from Rochester, New York
- People from St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin
- Writers from Rochester, New York
- College Republican National Committee chairs
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
- Historians from Wisconsin
- Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature
- 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives