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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyElmer H. WENE
(1892-1957)
WENE, Elmer H., a
Representative from New Jersey; born on a farm near Pittstown,
Hunterdon County, N.J., May 1, 1892; attended the public schools
and Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.; in 1918 engaged in
agricultural pursuits near Vineland, N.J.; served on the New Jersey
State board of agriculture 1925-1934; elected as a Democrat to the
Seventy-fifth Congress (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1939);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth
Congress; member of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Cumberland
County, N.J., 1939-1941; again elected to the Seventy-seventh and
Seventy-eighth Congresses (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1945); was
not a candidate for renomination in 1944, but was an unsuccessful
candidate for election to the United States Senate; resumed
agricultural pursuits and poultry raising; also president and owner
of two radio stations in New Jersey; in 1945 was adviser to the
Secretary of Agriculture; elected to the State senate in 1946;
delegate to the New Jersey State constitutional convention in 1947;
on June 26, 1948, was given a recess appointment by President
Truman as Under Secretary of Agriculture; unsuccessful Democratic
candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1949; unsuccessful
candidate for election in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress; was
unsuccessful for the gubernatorial nomination in 1953; died in
Philadelphia, Pa., on January 25, 1957; interment in Locust Grove
Cemetery, Quakertown, Pa.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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