James M. Baley Jr.

James M. Baley Jr. (1912–2003[1]) was an American lawyer and judge. A Republican, he served in the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing Madison County, in the General Assemblies of 1937-38 and 1939-40.[2][3] He served as United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 through 1961. Baley then returned to the practice of law at the firm that became McGuire, Wood & Bissette, until his appointment to the North Carolina Court of Appeals in 1973.[4] After a brief stint on the Court of Appeals, he was appointed to a special superior court judgeship.[5]

Baley also served as chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party in the early 1950s and as a presidential elector for the Bush/Quayle ticket in 1988.[6]

References
  1. NC Lawyers Weekly (subscription required for full text)
  2. https://archive.org/stream/northcarolinaman1937nort/northcarolinaman1937nort_djvu.txt
  3. https://archive.org/details/northcarolinaman1939nort
  4. McGuire, Wood & Bissette, PA
  5. https://archive.org/details/northcarolinaman1975nort
  6. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=166259
North Carolina House of Representatives
Preceded by
J. Herschel Sprinkle		 Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the Madison County district
1937–1941		 Succeeded by
James Henry Hutchins
Preceded by
Thomas E. Uzzell		 United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina
1953–1961		 Succeeded by
Hugh E. Monteith
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