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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyGeorge Armstrong HALSEY
(1827-1894)
HALSEY, George Armstrong,
a Representative from New Jersey; born in Springfield, Union
County, N.J., December 7, 1827; attended the local schools and
Springfield Academy; engaged in the manufacture of leather at
Newark in 1844 and later in the wholesale clothing business;
resumed the leather business in 1866; member of the State house of
assembly of New Jersey in 1861 and 1862; United States assessor of
internal revenue 1862-1866; elected as a Republican to the Fortieth
Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress; elected to the
Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873); chairman,
Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Forty-second Congress);
was not a candidate for renomination in 1872; resumed his former
manufacturing pursuits; president of an insurance company; died in
Newark, N.J., April 1, 1894; interment in Mount Pleasant
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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