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Devereux" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/James_Patrick_Sinnott_Devereux.jpg/220px-James_Patrick_Sinnott_Devereux.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/James_Patrick_Sinnott_Devereux.jpg/330px-James_Patrick_Sinnott_Devereux.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/James_Patrick_Sinnott_Devereux.jpg/440px-James_Patrick_Sinnott_Devereux.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Maryland02 !"><a href="/wiki/Maryland%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Maryland's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_P._Bolton" title="William P. Bolton">William P. Bolton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Baugh_Brewster" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel Baugh Brewster">Daniel Baugh Brewster</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">James Patrick Sinnott Devereux</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1903-02-20</span>)</span>February 20, 1903<br />Cabana, <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 5, 1988<span style="display:none">(1988-08-05)</span> (aged 85)<br /><a href="/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore, Maryland">Baltimore, Maryland</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery" title="Arlington National Cemetery">Arlington National Cemetery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1923–1948</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">Brigadier general</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}</style><div class="treeview"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banana_Wars" title="Banana Wars">Banana Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wake_Island" title="Battle of Wake Island">Battle of Wake Island</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Cross (United States)">Navy Cross</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>James Patrick Sinnott Devereux</b> (February 20, 1903 – August 5, 1988) was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> general, <a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Cross (United States)">Navy Cross</a> recipient, and <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> congressman. He was the officer-in-charge (OIC) of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Light_Antiaircraft_Missile_Battalion" title="1st Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion">1st Defense Battalion</a> Detachment during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wake_Island" title="Battle of Wake Island">defense of Wake Island</a> in December 1941. He was captured on Wake Island as a <a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">prisoner of war</a>, along with his men, after a 15-day battle with the Japanese. After his release in September 1945, he concluded his military career as a colonel in 1948, where upon his retirement he was promoted to brigadier general. He later represented the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives,_Maryland_District_2" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 2">second congressional district</a> of the state of <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> for four terms from 1951 to 1959. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maryland" title="Governor of Maryland">Governor of Maryland</a> in 1958. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Devereux&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Devereux&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Devereux was born in Cabana, <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchuon196358–59_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchuon196358–59-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where his father, Dr. John Ryan Devereaux, a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a> surgeon, was stationed. In 1910, the family moved to <a href="/wiki/Chevy_Chase,_Maryland" title="Chevy Chase, Maryland">Chevy Chase, Maryland</a>, on the north border of the <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a> with <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> There, Devereux, one of ten children,<sup id="cite_ref-MotherObit_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MotherObit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> rode to hounds in <a href="/wiki/Rock_Creek_Park" title="Rock Creek Park">Rock Creek Park</a> and played polo. At age 10 he obtained a driver's license from the <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a>, which had no age requirement at the time. </p><p>Devereux also attended the Army and Navy Preparatory School in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, then the <a href="/wiki/Tome_School" title="Tome School">Tome School</a> overlooking the <a href="/wiki/Susquehanna_River" title="Susquehanna River">Susquehanna River</a> at <a href="/wiki/Port_Deposit,_Maryland" title="Port Deposit, Maryland">Port Deposit, Maryland</a>, <a href="/wiki/LaVilla" title="LaVilla">LaVilla</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lausanne,_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="Lausanne, Switzerland">Lausanne, Switzerland</a> (when his parents lived in <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a>, Austria), and later <a href="/wiki/Loyola_College_in_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Loyola College in Maryland">Loyola College</a> of <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Jesuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesuit">Jesuit</a> <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> institution in Maryland.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchuon196358–59_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchuon196358–59-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marine_Corps_career">Marine Corps career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Devereux&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Marine Corps career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Devereux enlisted in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> in July 1923 at age 20, was commissioned a <a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant#United_States" title="Second lieutenant">second lieutenant</a> in February 1925, and then was assigned to duty in <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, Pennsylvania, the Marine barracks at <a href="/wiki/Quantico,_Virginia" title="Quantico, Virginia">Quantico, Virginia</a>, and at <a href="/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base" title="Guantanamo Bay Naval Base">Guantanamo Bay</a>, Cuba. In 1926, he was detailed to the mail guard detachment in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and later was transferred to the force of Marines then serving in <a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a> as a company officer.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchuon196358–59_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchuon196358–59-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Returning to the United States early in 1927, he was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/USS_Utah_(BB-31)" title="USS Utah (BB-31)">USS <i>Utah</i></a> and subsequently was sent ashore again to Nicaragua. Shortly thereafter he was ordered to <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> where he was promoted to <a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant#United_States" title="First lieutenant">first lieutenant</a>. While in China he also commanded the Mounted Detachment of the U.S. Legation Guard at <a href="/wiki/Beiping" class="mw-redirect" title="Beiping">Beiping</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchuon196358–59_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchuon196358–59-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1933, following a year's tour of duty at <a href="/wiki/Quantico,_Virginia" title="Quantico, Virginia">Quantico</a>, he was assigned to the Coast Artillery School at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Monroe" title="Fort Monroe">Fort Monroe</a>, Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPaige19436–10_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPaige19436–10-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following his promotion to <a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States)" title="Captain (United States)">captain</a> in December 1935, he was ordered back to Quantico, where, until 1936, he instructed in the Base Defense Weapons School and aided in the preparation of a Marine Corps manual on Base Defense Weapons.<sup id="cite_ref-Whoiswho_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whoiswho-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1938, following a tour of duty with the Marine detachment on board the USS <i>Utah</i>, Devereux was transferred to the Marine Corps Base at <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Whoiswho_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whoiswho-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Defense_of_Wake_Island">Defense of Wake Island</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Devereux&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Defense of Wake Island"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wake_Island" title="Battle of Wake Island">Battle of Wake Island</a></div> <p>In January 1941, Devereux was ordered to <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaiian Islands</a> and later dispatched to Wake Island as the officer-in-charge of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Defense_Battalion" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Defense Battalion">1st Defense Battalion</a>'s Detachment on <a href="/wiki/Wake_Island" title="Wake Island">Wake Island</a>, located in the northwest <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Whoiswho_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whoiswho-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Devereux and the men of the 1st Defense Battalion arrived at Wake Island on October 15, 1941 aboard the <a href="/wiki/USS_Regulus_(AF-57)" title="USS Regulus (AF-57)">USS Regulus (AF-57)</a>. When they arrived there were already 1,146 civilian construction workers on the island who were busy improving the atoll's infrastructure.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchultz197826_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchultz197826-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the morning of Monday, December 8, 1941, he received the message that Pearl Harbor had been attacked by the Japanese a few hours earlier (Sunday, December 7, 1941).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchultz197850–51_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchultz197850–51-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the fight that followed, (the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wake_Island" title="Battle of Wake Island">Battle of Wake Island</a>) then-<a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">Major</a> Devereux, and his Marines, supported by Marine Fighter Squadron 211, damaged two cruisers, sank two destroyers, one escort vessel, and destroyed or damaged a total of 72 aircraft, and probably sank one submarine. Two more destroyers were damaged the last day. However, later, after a second more intensive larger invasion force attacked, after days of bitter fighting, the 449 Marines surrendered to the Japanese on December 23, 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchultz1978183–188_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchultz1978183–188-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Prisoner_of_war">Prisoner of war</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Devereux&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Prisoner of war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Devereux.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/James_Devereux.jpg/180px-James_Devereux.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/James_Devereux.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="306" /></a><figcaption>Maj Devereux, as POW in Shanghai, c. 1942.</figcaption></figure> <p>After his capture, he remained on Wake Island until January 12, 1942, when he was sent away with his men on the <i>Nita Maru</i>. He stopped at <a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a>, where some American officers debarked, but later arrived at <a href="/wiki/Wusong" title="Wusong">Wusong</a>, located downriver from <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>, on January, 24.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDevereux1947193–199_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDevereux1947193–199-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained there until December 9, 1942, when he was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Yangpu_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Yangpu District">Jiangwan</a>, where he spent 29 months imprisoned. For five weeks, he stayed at <a href="/wiki/Fengtai_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Fengtai district">Fengtai</a>, near Beiping, and then was transferred to camps in central <a href="/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Hokkaidō">Hokkaidō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. Devereux was released from the Hokkaidō Island prison camp on September 15, 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Wise2007_p164_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wise2007_p164-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="After_World_War_II">After World War II</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Devereux&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: After World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After a brief rehabilitation leave, he was assigned as a student in the Senior Course at the Amphibious Warfare School at Quantico from September 1946 to May 1947. Upon completion of his studies, he received orders to the <a href="/wiki/1st_Marine_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Marine Division (United States)">First Marine Division</a> at <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Camp_Pendleton" title="Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton">Camp Pendleton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oceanside,_California" title="Oceanside, California">Oceanside, California</a>. He served as the commanding officer of the Division's <a href="/wiki/List_of_Marine_Corps_battalions#Headquarters_battalions" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Marine Corps battalions">Headquarters Battalion</a> until retiring on July 31, 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1947, his book, <i>Story of Wake Island</i>, was published. </p><p>Devereux was advanced to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">brigadier general</a> upon retirement in accordance with law, having been specially commended for the performance of duty in actual combat. For his leadership in defending the tiny American outpost for 15 days against overwhelming odds, Devereux was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Cross (United States)">Navy Cross</a>. His citation reads: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Major James Patrick Sinnott Devereux, United States Marine Corps, for distinguished and heroic conduct in the line of his profession, as Commanding Officer of the First Marine Defense Battalion, Naval Air Station, Wake Island. Major Devereux was responsible for directing defenses of that post during the Japanese siege from 7 through December 22, 1941, against impossible odds. Major Devereux's inspiring leadership and the valiant devotion to duty of his command contributed in large measure to the outstanding success of these vital missions and reflect great credit upon the United States Naval Service.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Awards_and_decorations">Awards and decorations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Devereux&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Awards and decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>BGen Devereux's awards include: </p> <table style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Navy_Cross_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Navy_Cross_ribbon.svg/106px-Navy_Cross_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Navy_Cross_ribbon.svg/159px-Navy_Cross_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Navy_Cross_ribbon.svg/212px-Navy_Cross_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg/106px-United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg/159px-United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg/212px-United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prisoner_of_War_Medal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Prisoner_of_War_Medal.svg/106px-Prisoner_of_War_Medal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Prisoner_of_War_Medal.svg/159px-Prisoner_of_War_Medal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Prisoner_of_War_Medal.svg/212px-Prisoner_of_War_Medal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Marine_Corps_Expeditionary_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Marine_Corps_Expeditionary_Medal_ribbon.svg/106px-Marine_Corps_Expeditionary_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Marine_Corps_Expeditionary_Medal_ribbon.svg/159px-Marine_Corps_Expeditionary_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Marine_Corps_Expeditionary_Medal_ribbon.svg/212px-Marine_Corps_Expeditionary_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nicaraguan_Campaign_ribbon_1933.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Nicaraguan_Campaign_ribbon_1933.svg/106px-Nicaraguan_Campaign_ribbon_1933.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Nicaraguan_Campaign_ribbon_1933.svg/159px-Nicaraguan_Campaign_ribbon_1933.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Nicaraguan_Campaign_ribbon_1933.svg/212px-Nicaraguan_Campaign_ribbon_1933.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="106" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yangtze_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Yangtze_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/106px-Yangtze_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Yangtze_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/159px-Yangtze_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Yangtze_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/212px-Yangtze_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="106" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="position:relative; width:106px; border:none; line-height:1.5em; display:-moz-inline-stack; display:inline-block; zoom:1; *display:inline;"><div style="position:relative; display:inline-block;"><div style="position: absolute; left: 43px; top: 5px; padding: 0;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ribbonstar-bronze.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bronze service star"><img alt="Bronze star" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Ribbonstar-bronze.svg/18px-Ribbonstar-bronze.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Ribbonstar-bronze.svg/27px-Ribbonstar-bronze.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Ribbonstar-bronze.svg/36px-Ribbonstar-bronze.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="214" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:American_Defense_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/American_Defense_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/106px-American_Defense_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/American_Defense_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/159px-American_Defense_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/American_Defense_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/212px-American_Defense_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span></div></div> </td> <td><div style="position:relative; width:106px; border:none; line-height:1.5em; display:-moz-inline-stack; display:inline-block; zoom:1; *display:inline;"><div style="position:relative; display:inline-block;"><div style="position: absolute; left: 43px; top: 5px; padding: 0;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ribbonstar-bronze.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bronze service star"><img alt="Bronze star" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Ribbonstar-bronze.svg/18px-Ribbonstar-bronze.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Ribbonstar-bronze.svg/27px-Ribbonstar-bronze.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Ribbonstar-bronze.svg/36px-Ribbonstar-bronze.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="214" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg/106px-Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg/159px-Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg/212px-Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:World_War_II_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/World_War_II_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg/106px-World_War_II_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/World_War_II_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg/159px-World_War_II_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/World_War_II_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg/212px-World_War_II_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="140" /></a></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Cross (United States)">Navy Cross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)" title="Presidential Unit Citation (United States)">Navy Presidential Unit Citation</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_War_Medal" title="Prisoner of War Medal">Prisoner of War Medal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Expeditionary_Medal" title="Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal">Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal</a> <br />w/ <a href="/wiki/Wake_Island_Device" title="Wake Island Device">"WAKE ISLAND" clasp</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicaraguan_Campaign_Medal" title="Nicaraguan Campaign Medal">Nicaraguan Campaign Medal (1933)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yangtze_Service_Medal" title="Yangtze Service Medal">Yangtze Service Medal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Defense_Service_Medal" title="American Defense Service Medal">American Defense Service Medal</a> <br />w/ <a href="/wiki/Medal_bar" title="Medal bar">"BASE" clasp</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal">Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal</a> <br />with one <a href="/wiki/Battle_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle star">battle star</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_Victory_Medal_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="World War II Victory Medal (United States)">World War II Victory Medal</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Devereux became eligible for the Prisoner of War Service Medal when it was authorized on November 8, 1985. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-military_career_–_farming,_Congress,_public_safety"><span id="Post-military_career_.E2.80.93_farming.2C_Congress.2C_public_safety"></span>Post-military career – farming, Congress, public safety</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Devereux&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Post-military career – farming, Congress, public safety"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Devereux took up horse farming,<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Uhlig_19880808_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Uhlig_19880808-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a farm near <a href="/wiki/Glyndon,_Maryland" title="Glyndon, Maryland">Glyndon, Maryland</a>, in suburban <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore County">Baltimore County</a>; and following his retirement from the Marine Corps, Devereux moved to a 200-acre (0.81 km<sup>2</sup>) farm at <a href="/wiki/Stevenson,_Maryland" title="Stevenson, Maryland">Stevenson, Maryland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Uhlig_19880808_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Uhlig_19880808-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1950, Devereux was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">U.S. Congress</a> for Maryland's 2nd Congressional District by defeating incumbent Democratic Rep. <a href="/wiki/William_P._Bolton" title="William P. Bolton">William P. Bolton</a>. Devereux would serve four terms in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> from January 3, 1951, to January 3, 1959. During his Congressional career, he supported public school <a href="/wiki/Desegregation" class="mw-redirect" title="Desegregation">desegregation</a> and ending <a href="/wiki/Racial_discrimination" title="Racial discrimination">racial discrimination</a> in employment.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Uhlig_19880808_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Uhlig_19880808-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served on the <a href="/wiki/House_Armed_Services_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Armed Services Committee">House Armed Services Committee</a> from July 3, 1952 (replacing John Anderson (R-Calif.)) until he left Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-HASC_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HASC-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Devereaux did not sign the 1956 <a href="/wiki/Southern_Manifesto" title="Southern Manifesto">Southern Manifesto</a> and voted in favor of the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1957" title="Civil Rights Act of 1957">Civil Rights Act of 1957</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was not a candidate for renomination in 1958, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Maryland" title="Governor of Maryland">Governor of Maryland</a> against Democrat <a href="/wiki/J._Millard_Tawes" title="J. Millard Tawes">J. Millard Tawes</a> from <a href="/wiki/Crisfield,_Maryland" title="Crisfield, Maryland">Crisfield</a> on <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Shore_of_Maryland" title="Eastern Shore of Maryland">Maryland's lower Eastern Shore</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay" title="Chesapeake Bay">Chesapeake Bay</a>. In 1960, he was named Republican Party chairman in his congressional district. </p><p>He later served as director of public safety for <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_County,_Maryland" title="Baltimore County, Maryland">Baltimore County, Maryland</a>, from December 1962 to 1966, supervising the police and fire departments. </p><p>He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Sons_of_the_American_Revolution" title="Sons of the American Revolution">Sons of the American Revolution</a>. </p><p>He was resident of <a href="/wiki/Ruxton,_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruxton, Maryland">Ruxton, Maryland</a>, until his death. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Family">Family</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Devereux&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Devereux is the grandson of <a href="/wiki/Joseph_F._Sinnott" title="Joseph F. Sinnott">Joseph F. Sinnott</a>, a prominent Irish businessman in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> who made a fortune as a co-owner of <a href="/wiki/Gibson%27s_Finest" title="Gibson's Finest">Gibson's Rye Whisky</a>. Devereux's mother, Annie Sinnott Devereux, passed away on October 27, 1944, while he was interred in a Japanese Prison Camp.<sup id="cite_ref-MotherObit_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MotherObit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While stationed in Peiping, China, Devereux met Mary Brush Welch, the daughter of Colonel John P. Welch, a U.S. Army officer.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were married in 1932. They had one son, James Patrick, and one daughter who died at birth (1934).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mrs. Devereux died of complications from diabetes in 1942, shortly after his capture by the Japanese on Wake Island. She was buried in <a href="/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery" title="Arlington National Cemetery">Arlington National Cemetery</a>. In 1946, he married Rachel Clarke Cooke and they had two sons. The second Mrs. Devereux died in 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Uhlig_19880808_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Uhlig_19880808-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He married a third time, to Edna Burnside Howard, in 1978, gaining a stepson and three stepdaughters.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Uhlig_19880808_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Uhlig_19880808-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His sister, Margaret, married Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Richard_H._Jeschke" title="Richard H. Jeschke">Richard H. Jeschke</a>, USMC. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death_and_burial">Death and burial</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Devereux&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Death and burial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brigadier General Devereux died at age 85 in Stella Maris <a href="/wiki/Hospice" title="Hospice">Hospice</a> in the county seat of <a href="/wiki/Towson,_Maryland" title="Towson, Maryland">Towson, Maryland</a>, just north of <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a> on August 5, 1988, from <a href="/wiki/Pneumonia" title="Pneumonia">pneumonia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Uhlig_19880808_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Uhlig_19880808-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is interred in <a href="/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery" title="Arlington National Cemetery">Arlington National Cemetery</a> in northern <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> overlooking the <a href="/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Devereux&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>1950 Maryland 2nd Congressional District General Election </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Devereux </td> <td style="text-align:right">99,497 </td> <td style="text-align:right">50.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_P._Bolton" title="William P. Bolton">William Bolton</a> (Incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right">96,498 </td> <td style="text-align:right">48.7 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#5FD170;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Party_(United_States,_1948)" class="mw-redirect" title="Progressive Party (United States, 1948)">Progressive</a> </td> <td class="fn">Thelma Gerende </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,129 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.1 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>1952 Maryland 2nd Congressional District General Election </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Devereux (Incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right">95,811 </td> <td style="text-align:right">50.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">A. Gordon Boone </td> <td style="text-align:right">60,121 </td> <td style="text-align:right">38.6 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>1954 Maryland 2nd Congressional District General Election </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Devereux (Incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right">67,179 </td> <td style="text-align:right">56.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_P._Bolton" title="William P. Bolton">William Bolton</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">52,540 </td> <td style="text-align:right">43.9 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>1956 Maryland 2nd Congressional District General Election </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Devereux (Incumbent) </td> <td style="text-align:right">103,103 </td> <td style="text-align:right">58.1 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">A. Gordon Boone </td> <td style="text-align:right">74,224 </td> <td style="text-align:right">41.9 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>1958 Maryland Gubernatorial General Election </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/J._Millard_Tawes" title="J. Millard Tawes">J. Millard Tawes</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">485,061 </td> <td style="text-align:right">63.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">James Devereux </td> <td style="text-align:right">278,173 </td> <td style="text-align:right">36.5 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Devereux&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output 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New York, NY: Ace Books.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Story+of+Wake+Island&rft.place=New+York%2C+NY&rft.pub=Ace+Books&rft.date=1947&rft.aulast=Devereux&rft.aufirst=James+P.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Devereux" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchultz1978" class="citation book cs1">Schultz, Duane (1978). <i>Wake Island: The Heroic, Gallant Fight</i>. New York, NY: St Martin's Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-312-85451-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-312-85451-X"><bdi>0-312-85451-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Wake+Island%3A+The+Heroic%2C+Gallant+Fight&rft.place=New+York%2C+NY&rft.pub=St+Martin%27s+Press&rft.date=1978&rft.isbn=0-312-85451-X&rft.aulast=Schultz&rft.aufirst=Duane&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Devereux" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchuon1963" class="citation book cs1">Schuon, Karl (1963). <i>U.S. Marine Corps Biographical Dictionary</i>. New York, NY: Franklin Watts. pp. 58–59.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=U.S.+Marine+Corps+Biographical+Dictionary&rft.place=New+York%2C+NY&rft.pages=58-59&rft.pub=Franklin+Watts&rft.date=1963&rft.aulast=Schuon&rft.aufirst=Karl&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Devereux" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWiseScott_Baron2007" class="citation book cs1">Wise, James E.; Scott Baron (2007). <i>Navy Cross</i>. Published by Naval Institute Press, 2007. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59114-945-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59114-945-3"><bdi>978-1-59114-945-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Navy+Cross&rft.pub=Published+by+Naval+Institute+Press%2C+2007&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-59114-945-3&rft.aulast=Wise&rft.aufirst=James+E.&rft.au=Scott+Baron&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Devereux" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <dl><dt>Journal</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li>Eugene L. Meyer, "A Hero's Welcome", <i><a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethesda Magazine">Bethesda Magazine</a></i>, July/August 2007</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPaige1943" class="citation journal cs1">Paige, H. R. (1943). "Marine Corps Antiaircraft". <i>Coast Artillery Journal</i>. <b>LXXXVI</b> (6): 6–10.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Coast+Artillery+Journal&rft.atitle=Marine+Corps+Antiaircraft&rft.volume=LXXXVI&rft.issue=6&rft.pages=6-10&rft.date=1943&rft.aulast=Paige&rft.aufirst=H.+R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Devereux" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <dl><dt>Web</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUnited_States_CongressD000278" class="citation web cs1">United States Congress. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000278">"James Devereux (id: D000278)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Biographical+Directory+of+the+United+States+Congress&rft.atitle=James+Devereux+%28id%3A+D000278%29&rft.au=United+States+Congress&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbioguide.congress.gov%2Fscripts%2Fbiodisplay.pl%3Findex%3DD000278&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Devereux" class="Z3988"></span> Retrieved on 2008-02-07</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUhlig1988" class="citation news cs1">Uhlig, Mark (August 8, 1988). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE0DB1338F93BA3575BC0A96E948260">"James Devereux is dead at 85; War hero and a Congressman"</a>. <i>New York Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 24,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+York+Times&rft.atitle=James+Devereux+is+dead+at+85%3B+War+hero+and+a+Congressman&rft.date=1988-08-08&rft.aulast=Uhlig&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fquery.nytimes.com%2Fgst%2Ffullpage.html%3Fres%3D940DE0DB1338F93BA3575BC0A96E948260&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Devereux" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Devereux&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHeinl1947" class="citation book cs1">Heinl, Lieutenant Colonel R.D. Jr., USMC (1947). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Wake.html"><i>The Defense of Wake</i></a>. Marines in World War II. Historical Section, Division of Public Information, U.S. Marine Corps. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89839-155-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-89839-155-5"><bdi>0-89839-155-5</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 24,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Defense+of+Wake&rft.series=Marines+in+World+War+II&rft.pub=Historical+Section%2C+Division+of+Public+Information%2C+U.S.+Marine+Corps&rft.date=1947&rft.isbn=0-89839-155-5&rft.aulast=Heinl&rft.aufirst=Lieutenant+Colonel+R.D.+Jr.%2C+USMC&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibiblio.org%2Fhyperwar%2FUSMC%2FUSMC-M-Wake.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Devereux" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUrwin2005" class="citation journal cs1">Urwin, Professor Gregory J.W. (Spring 2005). "Discipline, Camaraderie, and Luck: A Tale of POW Survival". <i>Strategic Visions Magazine</i>. <b>6</b> (1). Center of the Study of Force and Diplomacy, <a href="/wiki/Temple_University" title="Temple University">Temple University</a>. <q><span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'...we had our own military discipline regardless of the fact that we were POWs....And I think this is one of the things that held our men together, held our camp together – tighter, and gave us a sense of respectability even though we were prisoners.'... The person most responsible for fostering this spirit of order, pride, and self-respect was Wake's senior Marine, Major James P. S. Devereux. In the prewar Marine Corps, Devereux earned a reputation as a humorless martinet, and most of his enlisted subordinates disliked him for his aloof manner and nitpicking command style.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Strategic+Visions+Magazine&rft.atitle=Discipline%2C+Camaraderie%2C+and+Luck%3A+A+Tale+of+POW+Survival&rft.ssn=spring&rft.volume=6&rft.issue=1&rft.date=2005&rft.aulast=Urwin&rft.aufirst=Professor+Gregory+J.W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Devereux" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_P._Bolton" title="William P. Bolton">William P. Bolton</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives,_Maryland_District_2" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 2">U.S. Congressman, Maryland 2nd District</a> </b><br />1951—1959 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_B._Brewster" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel B. Brewster">Daniel B. 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