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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyMarshall VAN WINKLE
(1869-1957)
VAN WINKLE, Marshall,
(grandnephew of Peter G. Van Winkle), a Representative from New
Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., September 28, 1869; attended the
public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1890 and
commenced practice in Hoboken, N.J.; appointed counsel to the
county tax board in 1895, holding this position until his
resignation to accept an appointment as the assistant prosecutor of
the pleas of Hudson County, N.J.; unsuccessful candidate for
election in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress; assistant
prosecutor of pleas from 1902 to 1905, when he resigned to become a
candidate for Congress; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth
Congress (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1906; resumed the practice of law in Jersey City,
N.J.; advisory master in chancery, matrimonial division, 1933-1939;
wrote and published law reference books; died in Oceanport, N.J.,
May 10, 1957; interment in Fairview Mausoleum, Fairview, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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