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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJacob Augustus GEISSENHAINER
(1839-1917)
GEISSENHAINER, Jacob
Augustus, a Representative from New Jersey; born in New York
City August 28, 1839; attended private schools, and was graduated
from Columbia College at New York City in 1858; studied law at Yale
College, and at the New York University, where he was graduated;
also a student in the University of Berlin; was admitted to the bar
and commenced practice in New York City in 1862; elected as a
Democrat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third
Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1895); chairman, Committee on
Immigration and Naturalization (Fifty-third Congress), Committee on
Naval Affairs (Fifty-third Congress); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed the
practice of law; died at Mount Pocono, Monroe County, Pa., on July
20, 1917; interment in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia,
Pa.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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