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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyArchibald Chapman HART
(1873-1935)
HART, Archibald Chapman, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Lennoxville, Province of
Quebec, Canada, February 27, 1873; moved with his parents to New
York City in 1882 and to Hackensack, N.J., in 1884; attended the
common schools; studied law; was admitted to the New Jersey bar in
1896 and commenced practice in Hackensack, N.J.; served in the
Second Regiment, New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, during the
Spanish-American War; served four years in the Twenty-third
Regiment of the New York National Guard; banker, publisher, and
real estate operator; delegate to the Democratic National
Convention in 1908; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William
Hughes and served from November 5, 1912, to March 3, 1913;
unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination in 1912 to the
Sixty-third Congress but was later elected to this Congress to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Lewis J. Martin; reelected to
the Sixty-fourth Congress and served from July 22, 1913, to March
3, 1917; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1916;
resumed the practice of law and his former business pursuits in
Hackensack and resided in Teaneck, N.J.; prosecuting attorney for
Bergen County 1920-1930; died in Teaneck, N.J., July 24, 1935;
interment in Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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