James Eli Watson (November 2 1864 – July 29 1948) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Indiana. He was the Senate’s second official majority leader. While an article published by the Senate (see References) gives his year of birth as 1862 this is most probably incorrect.He was born in Winchester Indiana one of six children. His father was a lawyer a Republican state legislator and owner-editor of the local newspaper the Winchester Herald.
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