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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyWalter Sooy JEFFRIES
(1893-1954)
JEFFRIES, Walter Sooy, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., October 16, 1893; attended the public schools and was
graduated from the Atlantic City (N.J.) Business College in 1909;
was also graduated in celestial navigation from Franklin Institute,
Philadelphia, Pa., in 1943; engaged in the manufacture of paint
1910-1934; mayor of Margate City, N.J., 1931-1935; served as
sheriff of Atlantic County, N.J., 1935-1938; became engaged in the
hotel business at Atlantic City in 1938; elected as a Republican to
the Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1941);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the
Seventy-seventh Congress; treasurer of Atlantic County 1941-1944;
died in Margate City, N.J., October 11, 1954; interment in Laurel
Memorial Cemetery, Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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