James B. Wells Jr.

James B. Wells Jr.
Born(1850-07-12)July 12, 1850
St. Joseph Island, Texas, U.S.
DiedDecember 21, 1923(1923-12-21) (aged 73)
Brownsville, Texas, U.S.
OccupationsLawyer, political boss

James Babbage Wells Jr. (July 12, 1850 – December 21, 1923) was an American lawyer, rancher, and Democratic Party boss of South Texas. Wells is remembered for the nearly four decades that he spent as a political kingmaker from his base in Cameron County, Texas, and as the namesake of Jim Wells County, in the same state.

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