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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJohn Howard PUGH
(1827-1905)
PUGH, John Howard, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Unionville, Chester County,
Pa., June 23, 1827; attended the common schools and the
Friends’ School, Westtown, Pa.; taught school in Marietta,
Pa., in 1847; was graduated from the medical department of the
University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1852; began the
practice of his profession in Bristol, Pa., in 1852; moved to
Burlington, Burlington County, N.J., in 1854 and continued the
practice of medicine; during the Civil War served as a physician
without compensation at the United States general hospital in
Beverly, N.J.; president of the Mechanics’ National Bank of
Burlington for thirty-six years; elected as a Republican to the
Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress;
resumed the practice of medicine; member of the State board of
education; died in Burlington, N.J., April 30, 1905; interment in
St. Mary’s Churchyard.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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