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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyThomas Millet HAND
(1902-1956)
HAND, Thomas Millet, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Cape May, N.J., July 7,
1902; attended the public schools; was graduated from Dickinson
School of Law, Carlisle, Pa., in 1922; was admitted to the bar in
1924 and commenced practice in Cape May City, N.J.; clerk of the
Board of Chosen Freeholders of Cape May County, N.J., 1924-1928;
prosecutor of the pleas of Cape May County 1928-1933; mayor of Cape
May, N.J., 1937-1944; publisher of the Cape May Star and Wave from
1940 until his death; also a partner in the Mecray-Hand Co., a real
estate and insurance business; elected as a Republican to the
Seventy-ninth and to the five succeeding Congresses and had been
reelected November 6, 1956, to the Eighty-fifth Congress; served
from January 3, 1945, until his death in Cold Spring, N.J.,
December 26, 1956; remains were cremated at Ewing Cemetery,
Trenton, N.J., and interred in Cold Spring Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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