which house James was in

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 14653

Okay, some time ago someone challenged my placing James Potter in 
Gryffindor in the Lexicon. I looked around for some kind of proof, 
but there isn't any in the books. There is JKR's statement with 
regards to both Lily and Hagrid that they were in 
Gryffindor, "naturally," as if it's the most obvious thing in the 
world. And by that logic, of course James would be in Gryffindor too. 
But I wanted more proof than that.

And I found it. Not perfect, not legally binding, but it's enough for 
me to now officially place James in Gryffindor. It's in the second 
Scholastic interview. JKR is asked the question "What position did 
James play on the Gryffidor Quidditich team?" She answers that James 
was a Chaser. The fact that she doesn't correct the questioner is 
telling (she corrects other people who make other assumptions in 
their questions). Put that on top of the other logical evidence, and 
I think makes it 99.9% certain that James Potter was in fact in 
Gryffindor.

That is all. Carry on. Keep hands inside the ride at all times.

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
which now has pages devoted to James and Lily and (gasp) Harry Potter
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon