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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyWilliam Fred BIRCH
(1870-1946)
BIRCH, William Fred, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Newark, N.J., August 30,
1870; moved with his parents to Phillipsburg, N.J., in 1872 and to
Dover, Morris County, N.J., in 1874; attended the public schools
and was graduated from the New Jersey State Model School at Trenton
and from Coleman’s Business College at Newark in 1887;
engaged in the manufacture of boilers and smokestacks at Dover;
member of the Dover Common Council for several years; city recorder
1904-1909; member of the State house of assembly 1910-1912; elected
as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of John H. Capstick and served from November 5,
1918, to March 3, 1919; was not a candidate for renomination in
1918; resumed his former manufacturing pursuits; also engaged in
the fire-insurance and automobile businesses and was interested in
banking; retired from business activities in 1941; died in Glen
Ridge, N.J., January 25, 1946; interment in Orchard Street
Cemetery, Dover, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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