The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Cox, James M.
COX, James M., American journalist and
statesman: b. Jacksonburg, Ohio, 31 March 1870.
After a pub1ic-school education he was employed
in a printer's office, taught a country school,
became a newspaper reporter, and was for a
time on the editorial staff of the Cincinnati
Enquirer. In 1893 he became proprietor of the
Dayton Daily News and in 1903 of the Springfield
Press-Republic, thus forming the News
League of Ohio. From 1909 to 1913 he was a
member of Congress. He was governor of Ohio
from 1913 to 1915.