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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyWilliam John BROWNING
(1850-1920)
BROWNING, William John, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Camden, N.J., April 11,
1850; attended the Friends’ School; at an early age engaged
in the wholesale dry goods business in Camden; member of the Camden
Board of Education and of the city council; appointed postmaster of
Camden on June 18, 1889, and served until June 1, 1894, when his
successor was appointed; Chief Clerk of the House of
Representatives of the United States 1895-1911; elected as a
Republican to the Sixty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Henry C. Loudenslager; reelected to the Sixty-third
and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from November 7,
1911, until his death in the Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.,
March 24, 1920; interment in Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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