What is James D. Martin?
[[File:James D. Martin.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Martin in 1965]] '''James Douglas Martin''' (September 1, 1918 &ndash; October 30, 2017) was an American [[business]]man and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[politician]]. He was born in [[Tarrant, Alabama]]. He served a single term in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1965 to 1967. His 1962 campaign for the [[United States Senate]] against the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[J. Lister Hill]] was the first serious showing by a member of his party in Alabama since [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Reconstruction]]. The James D. Martin Wildlife Park at [[U.S. Highway 411]] in Gadsden is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showmelocal.com/profile.aspx?bid=9248517 |title=James D. Martin Wildlife Park |publisher=showmelocal.com |access-date=February 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430040545/http://www.showmelocal.com/profile.aspx?bid=9248517 |archive-date=April 30, 2014 }}</ref> Martin died in [[Gadsden, Alabama|Gadsden]], Alabama of [[congestive heart failure]] on October 30, 2017 at the age of 99.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gadsdentimes.com/news/20171030/jim-martin-dead-at-99 |title=Jim Martin dead at 99 |access-date=2017-10-30 |archive-date=2019-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912114207/https://www.gadsdentimes.com/news/20171030/martin-leaves-legacy-in-public-service-politics |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000182 James Douglas Martin] *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin5.html#R9M0J5ATF The Political Graveyard] {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, James D.}} [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Alabama]] [[Category:Deaths from congestive heart failure]] [[Category:United States representatives from Alabama]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]]