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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyCAPSTICK, John Henry
(1856—1918)
CAPSTICK, John Henry, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Lawrence, Mass., September 2, 1856; attended the public schools of Lawrence; moved with his parents to Providence, R.I., in 1868; attended a business college; member of the Rhode Island Militia in 1870 and 1871; moved to Montville, N.J., in 1883, and engaged in the manufacture of textile fabrics the same year; member of the State sewerage commission 1905-1908; president of the State board of health 1908-1914; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, until his death in Montville, Morris County, N.J., March 17, 1918; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Boonton, N.J.
United States. 65th Congress, 2d session, 1917-1918. John H. Capstick (late a Representative from New Jersey) Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, Sixty-fifth Congress, second session
. Washington: [Government Printing Office], 1919.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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