sentences:  James chaired the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention, held in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848 on July 19 and 20 at which his wife was the main speaker.He and Lucretia signed the convention's Declaration of Sentiments.His brother, Richard Mott, was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1859)
  
  In 1864, James helped start Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania.