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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyCharles Dyer BECKWITH
(1838-1921)
BECKWITH, Charles Dyer, a
Representative from New Jersey; born near Coveville, Saratoga
County, N.Y., October 22, 1838; attended private schools in Troy,
N.Y., Philadelphia, Pa., Worcester, Mass., and a military
institution in New Haven, Conn.; moved to Paterson, Passaic County,
N.J., in 1860 and engaged in the manufacture of iron; member of the
board of aldermen in 1882; mayor of Paterson, N.J., 1885-1889;
elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4,
1889-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890
to the Fifty-second Congress; resumed manufacturing pursuits;
returned to the State of New York and settled on a farm in the town
of Chatham, Columbia County, in 1897 and engaged in the management
of his farm until his death near Chatham Center, Columbia County,
N.Y., on March 27, 1921; interment in Chatham Center Rural
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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