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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyWilliam Halstead SUTPHIN
(1887-1972)
SUTPHIN, William Halstead,
a Representative from New Jersey; born in Browntown, Middlesex
County, N.J., August 30, 1887; attended the public schools of
Matawan, N.J., and the Woods Business College, Brooklyn, N.Y.;
attended the officers training camp at Plattsburg, N.Y., in 1915;
mayor of Matawan, Monmouth County, N.J., 1915-1916 and 1921-1926;
served on the Mexican border in 1916 with B Troop, First Squadron,
New Jersey Cavalry; during the First World War served in France
from December 1917 to May 1919; discharged as captain in the Air
Service; factory representative for asphalt roofing 1920-1931;
elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and to the five
succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1943); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress;
vice president of the M.J. Merkin Paint Co., in New York City;
retired in 1951 and resided in Berlin, Md.; died in Salisbury, Md.,
October 14, 1972; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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