John R. Ramsey

John R. Ramsey

John Rathbone Ramsey (born April 25, 1862 in Wyckoff , New Jersey , †  April 10, 1933 in Hackensack , New Jersey) was an American politician . Between 1917 and 1921 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Ramsey attended both public and private schools in Parkersburg ( West Virginia ), where he lived from 1872 to 1879. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1883, he began to work in this profession in Hackensack. Between 1895 and 1910 he was employed as a clerk in the Bergen County administration. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1908, Ramsey was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where William Howard Taft was nominated as a presidential candidate. From 1909 until his death, he ran the Hackensack Brick Co. , which manufactured bricks. Ramsey was also a director of various banks.

In the 1916 congressional elections , he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Archibald C. Hart on March 4, 1917 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1921 . During this time the First World War fell . The 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1919 and 1920 . It was about the ban on trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage .

In 1920, John Ramsey was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. In the following years he continued to manage his brick building company. He died on April 10, 1933 in Hackensack, where he was also buried.

Web links

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• John R. Ramsey in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John R. Ramsey in the database of Find a Grave (English)