John H. Capstick
John H. Capstick | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1915 – March 17, 1918 | |
| Preceded by | William E. Tuttle Jr. |
| Succeeded by | William F. Birch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 2, 1856 Lawrence, Massachusetts |
| Died | March 17, 1918 (aged 61) Montville, New Jersey |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Ella F. Blake (m. 1880) |
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John Henry Capstick (September 2, 1856 – March 17, 1918) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1915 until his death in 1918.
Biography
Capstick was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on September 2, 1856, where he attended the local public schools.[1] He moved with his parents to Providence, Rhode Island in 1868 and attended a business college.
He married Ella F. Blake on May 1, 1880.[1]
He was a member of the Rhode Island Militia in 1870 and 1871. Capstick moved to
Capstick was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, until his death in Montville, New Jersey on March 17, 1918.[3] He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery in Boonton, New Jersey.
See also
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
References
- ^ a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XVII. James T. White & Company. 1920. p. 38. Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ Larry Lowenthal & William T. Greenberg, Jr., Morris County Traction Company, 2005, page 3.
- ^ Staff. "John H. Capstick Dead. New Jersey Congressman Had Been Ill Since Last Fall.", The New York Times, March 18, 1918. Accessed February 23, 2011. "John H. Capstick, Republican, of the Fifth Congressional District of New Jersey, who had been ill of heart disease for several months, died at his home in Montville, N.J., yesterday."
External links
- United States Congress. "John H. Capstick (id: C000136)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- John Henry Capstick at The Political Graveyard
- John H. Capstick at Find a Grave
- John H. Capstick, late a representative from New Jersey, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1920
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