James H. Codding

James Hodge Codding
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 15th district
In office November 5, 1895 – March 3, 1899
Preceded by	Edwin J. Jorden
Succeeded by	Charles F. Wright
Personal details
Born	(1849-07-08)July 8, 1849 Pike Township, Pennsylvania
Died	September 12, 1919(1919-09-12) (aged 70)
Political party	Republican

James Hodge Codding (July 8, 1849 – September 12, 1919) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

James H. Codding was born in Pike Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He moved to Towanda, Pennsylvania, in 1854. He attended the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute in Towanda and Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. He was engaged in the hardware business at Towanda in 1868. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Towanda in 1879.

Codding was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Myron B. Wright. He was reelected to the Fifty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1898. He resumed the practice of law in Towanda, and in 1903 moved to New York City. He served as grand secretary general of the northern Masonic jurisdiction for the Scottish Rite bodies from 1902 until his death in Brooklyn, New York, in 1919. Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery in Towanda, Pennsylvania.

Sources

• United States Congress. "James H. Codding (id: C000580)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard