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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyHarold Giles HOFFMAN
(1896-1954)
HOFFMAN, Harold Giles, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in South Amboy, N.J., February
7, 1896; attended the public schools, and was graduated from the
South Amboy High School in 1913; engaged in newspaper work;
enlisted on July 25, 1917, as a private in Company H, Third
Regiment, New Jersey Infantry, and served overseas as a captain;
executive with the South Amboy Trust Co., 1919-1942; city treasurer
of South Amboy 1920-1925; served in the State house of assembly in
1923 and 1924; mayor of South Amboy in 1925 and 1926; delegate to
the Republican State conventions in 1934, 1935, 1936, and 1937, and
to the Republican National Convention in 1936; elected as a
Republican to the Seventieth and Seventy-first Congresses (March 4,
1927-March 3, 1931); was not a candidate for renomination in 1930,
having been appointed motor vehicle commissioner of New Jersey, and
served until 1935; Governor of New Jersey from January 15, 1935, to
January 18, 1938; became executive director of the New Jersey
Unemployment Compensation Commission in 1938, and served until
granted military leave to reenter the United States Army on June
15, 1942, as a major in the Transportation Corps; was advanced to
the rank of lieutenant colonel on December 15, 1942, and served
until June 24, 1946, when he was discharged with the rank of
colonel; resumed his former occupation as executive director of the
New Jersey Unemployment Compensation Commission; died in New York
City June 4, 1954; interment in Christ Church Cemetery, South
Amboy, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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