title: James J. Myers
text: # James J. Myers
  
  James Jefferson Myers (November 20, 1842 – April 13, 1915) was a U.S. lawyer and politician who served as the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1900 to 1903.
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  Myers was born on his family's farm near Frewsberg, New York, he descended from Dutch and English ancestry. Myers graduated from Harvard College in 1869, and from Harvard Law School in 1872.
  
  He died at his home in Cambridge on April 13, 1915.
  
  