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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyAmos Henry RADCLIFFE
(1870-1950)
RADCLIFFE, Amos Henry, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Paterson, N.J., January 16,
1870; attended the public schools of Paterson; was graduated from
the New York Trade School; blacksmith and ornamental and structural
iron worker; sergeant in the National Guard of New Jersey
1888-1893; in 1896 became associated with his father’s firm
and in 1907 was made secretary of James Radcliffe & Sons Co., a
structural iron manufacturing company; member of the State house of
assembly 1907-1912; delegate to the Republican State conventions in
1910, 1911, and 1912; sheriff of Passaic County 1912-1915; fish and
game commissioner 1914-1919; mayor of Paterson 1916-1919; elected
as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses
(March 4, 1919-March 3, 1923); was an unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress; resumed active
interests in Radcliffe & Sons Company and was treasurer at the
time of his death; founder and a former president of the Franklin
Trust Company, of Paterson, and served as chairman of the board; in
1925 became a member of the Board of Standards and Appeals,
Paterson, N.J.; died in Baleville, N.J., on December 29, 1950;
interment in Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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