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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyElmer Hendrickson GERAN
(1875-1954)
GERAN, Elmer Hendrickson,
a Representative from New Jersey; born in Matawan, Monmouth County,
N.J., October 24, 1875; attended the public schools and Glenwood
Military Academy; was graduated from Peddie Institute, Hightstown,
N.J., in 1895, from Princeton University in 1899, and from New York
Law School in 1901; was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1901 and
commenced practice in Jersey City, N.J.; member of the State house
of assembly in 1911 and 1912; member of the New Jersey State Water
Supply Commission 1912-1915; assistant prosecutor of the pleas of
Monmouth County 1915-1917; again a member of the State house of
assembly in 1916 and 1917 and served as minority leader; sheriff of
Monmouth County 1917-1920; appointed United States district
attorney for New Jersey by President Wilson in 1920; resigned in
1921 and resumed the practice of law in Asbury Park, N.J.; elected
as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923-March 3,
1925); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924 to the
Sixty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of his profession until
September 22, 1927; in 1927 became associated with the New Jersey
Gravel & Sand Co. at Farmington, and was serving as vice
president and treasurer at time of death; died in Marlboro
Township, Morganville, N.J., January 12, 1954; interment in Old
Tennent Cemetery, Tennent, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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