The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Cox, James M.

COX, James M., American journalist and statesman: b. Jacksonburg, Ohio, 31 March 1870. After a pub1ic-school education he was employed in a printer's office, taught a country school, became a newspaper reporter, and was for a time on the editorial staff of the Cincinnati Enquirer. In 1893 he became proprietor of the Dayton Daily News and in 1903 of the Springfield Press-Republic, thus forming the News League of Ohio. From 1909 to 1913 he was a member of Congress. He was governor of Ohio from 1913 to 1915.