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James F. Lind was born in [[York, Pennsylvania]]. He graduated from the [[Penn State Extension School]] as an [[accountant]]. He served in the [[United States Army]] from 1917 to 1920, 1941 to 1946, and in 1953. He also served in the [[United States Army Reserve]] from 1934 to 1941, and the [[Pennsylvania National Guard]] from 1934 to 1941. He served on the Veterans’ Administration of [[York County, Pennsylvania]], from 1946 to 1947, and as chief clerk to the York County Board of Commissioners in 1948.
Lind was elected as a Democrat to the [[81st United States Congress|Eighty-first]] and [[81st United States Congress|Eighty-second]] Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in [[United States House election, 1952|1952]], defeated by Republican [[S. Walter Stauffer]]. After his time in Congress, he served as controller of York County. He died on April 11, 1975, in York and is interred in [[Arlington National Cemetery]].
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