John H. Capstick

John H. Capstick, 1919

John Henry Capstick (born September 2, 1856 in Lawrence , Essex County , Massachusetts , †  March 17, 1918 in Montville , New Jersey ) was an American politician . Between 1915 and 1918 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Capstick attended public schools in his home country. In 1868 he moved with his parents to Providence , Rhode Island , where he attended a business school. In 1870 and 1871 he was a member of the Rhode Island State Militia. In 1883 Capstick came to Montville, New Jersey, where he worked in clothing manufacture. In 1899, he and other entrepreneurs founded the Morris County Traction Company, which operated the streetcar in Morris County . Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1905 and 1908 he was a member of his state's sewage commission; from 1908 to 1914 he headed the state health committee.

In the 1914 congressional elections , Capstick was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded William E. Tuttle on March 4, 1915 . After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until his death on March 17, 1918 . During this time the United States entered the First World War .

Web links

• John H. Capstick in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John H. Capstick in the database of Find a Grave (English)