[3] After attending elementary school in Spanish Town, James S. Watson worked as a bookkeeper, cashier, and then chief clerk at a hotel in Constant Spring, Jamaica.
In 1908, he had begun working for the law firm of House, Grossman and Vorhaus, located at 115 Broadway, as a clerk.
Watson remained at House, Grossman and Vorhaus, now as a lawyer until 1920, becoming head of their Department of Corporate and Tax Law.
[1] Tammany Hall eventually relented and Watson was given the nomination and won re-election by a margin of nine-to-one.
[2] Along with Mary McLeod, Violet Lopez Watson was one of the founders of the National Council of Negro Women.