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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJohn Hart BREWER
(1844-1900)
BREWER, John Hart,
(great-great-great grandson of John Hart (1713c-1779)), a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Hunterdon County, N.J.,
March 29, 1844; attended the Lawrenceville schools and Trenton
Academy; was graduated from the Delaware Literary Institution,
Franklin, Delaware County, N.Y., in 1862; moved to Trenton, N.J.,
in 1865 and engaged in the manufacture of pottery; member of the
State house of assembly in 1876; president of the National
Potters’ Association in 1879; elected as a Republican to the
Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1881-March 3,
1885); resumed the manufacture of pottery until 1895, when he
engaged in the insurance business; appointed assistant appraiser of
merchandise at the port of New York City by President McKinley and
served until his death in Trenton, N.J., December 21, 1900;
interment in Riverview Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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