James K. Vardaman Jr.
American lawyer
James Kimble Vardaman Jr. (1894–1972) was an American lawyer who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1946 to 1958 . He was a US Navy captain during World War II, and political aide to President Harry S. Truman. Before the war, he had worked as bank counselor in Missouri.
Early life
James Kimble Vardaman Jr. was born in 1894 in Greenwood, Mississippi. His father, James K. Vardaman, was later Governor of Mississippi and a United States Senator.
Vardaman attended the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland and the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. He earned a law degree from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi in 1914. He served in the United States Army from 1917 to 1919 during World War I, retiring as a Captain.
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