Edward Holton James

Edward Holton James circa 1913

Edward Holton James (1873–1954) was an American socialist.^[1] He was the nephew of philosopher William James and novelist Henry James.^[2]

Biography

He was born in 1873. He attended Harvard and graduated in 1896.^[2] He was arrested in 1915.^[1] He attended a Sacco & Vanzetti meeting at the Boston Common during the trial, he was "smartly dressed, neatly barbered, looking more like a distinguished professor emeritus than a boisterous radical nephew". He assaulted a police officer and was arrested.^[2]

He died in 1954.

Publications

• The Trial Before Pilate (1919)

References

1. "James Again Jailed". New York Times. July 13, 1915. Retrieved 2009-02-23. Edward Holton James, an American, arrested recently for certain Socialistic propaganda, but later released through the efforts of James W. Gerard, the American Ambassador, on condition that he leave the country, has returned to Berlin and again has been placed in prison.
2. "Boston Disturbers". Time magazine. August 22, 1927. Retrieved 2009-02-23. Before Governor Fuller granted a respite to Messrs. Sacco & Vanzetti the streets of Boston contained a number of persons who annoyed the police. Edward Holton James, nephew of the late famed Philosopher William James and Novelist Henry James, attended a Sacco & Vanzetti mass meeting on the Boston Common. Smartly dressed, neatly barbered, looking more like a distinguished professor emeritus than a boisterous radical nephew, James shouted: "Down with the police!*, assaulted a bluecoat, was promptly arrested.