James Stephen Golden
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 8th district
In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955
Preceded by	Joe B. Bates
Succeeded by	Eugene Siler
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 9th district
In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953
Preceded by	William Lewis
Succeeded by	District eliminated
Personal details
Born	(1891-09-20)September 20, 1891 Barbourville, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	September 6, 1971(1971-09-06) (aged 79) Pineville, Kentucky, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Union College University of Kentucky (AB) University of Michigan (LLB)
Profession	lawyer, prosecutor, politician

James Stephen Golden (September 20, 1891 – September 6, 1971) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Born in Barbourville, Kentucky, Golden attended grade school in Barbourville and high school at Union College, Barbourville, Kentucky. He attended the University of Kentucky at Lexington, receiving the A.B., 1912 and then got his law degree from the law school of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, LL.B., 1916. He was admitted to the bar in 1916 and commenced the practice of law in Barbourville, Kentucky, the same year.

Golden was elected county attorney of Knox County, Kentucky, in 1918 and served until 1922. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1952.

Golden was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-first and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1955). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress. He resumed the practice of law. He died in Pineville, Kentucky, September 6, 1971. He was interred in Pineville Memorial Cemetery.

• United States Congress. "James S. Golden (id: G000258)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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