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| Places | United States of America | |||
| is | Lawyer Politician | |||
| Work field | Law Politics | |||
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| Birth | 1938 | |||
| Age | 87 years | |||
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James P. Dunleavy (born 1939) is an American politician and jurist from Maine. Dunleavy, a Democrat, served one term in the Maine House of Representatives (1973-1974). He represented Presque Isle, Maine. After leaving the Legislature, Dunleavy was elected as Judge Probate for Aroostook County. Re-elected in 1980, he won the Democratic Party's nomination for Maine's 2nd congressional district in 1982. He lost to Republican incumbent Olympia Snowe.
Dunleavy is a graduate of the University of Maine School of Law, which he attended on scholarship. He is married and has seven children.