James D. Weaver, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

James D. Weaver

United States general

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1920

Place of Birth: Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 15-Nov-2003

Profession: politician, military officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About James D. Weaver

  • James Dorman Weaver (September 27, 1920 – November 15, 2003) was a Republican member of the U.S.
  • House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, and a colonel in the United States Air Force before being posthumously promoted to Brigadier General. Weaver was born in Erie, Pennsylvania to Clara B.
  • (née Sharp) and Dorman Weaver, both Canadian immigrants.
  • He attended the Erie Conservatory of Music and Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York from 1938 to 1941.
  • He graduated from the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1944.
  • While a student he worked on farms in Erie County, Pennsylvania and as an orchestral trombonist.
  • He entered the United States Army Medical Corps in 1946 and served as captain, commanding officer and chief of surgery of the Three Hundred and Eighty-second Station Hospital in Ascom City, Korea, from 1947 to 1948.
  • After his military service, Weaver practiced medicine in Erie from 1948 to 1962.
  • Weaver was a Pennsylvania delegate to White House Conference on Aging in 1961 and served as medical administrator for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation from 1960 to 1962.
  • Weaver served as a medical consultant to the Warren Commission.
  • He was elected as a Republican to the 88th Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964.
  • He returned to active duty with the United States Air Force from 1965 to 1983.
  • He died in Sterling, Virginia, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.Weaver was posthumously promoted to Brigadier General on July 12, 2008.

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