William H. Sutphin

William Halstead Sutphin (born August 30, 1887 in Browntown , Middlesex County , New Jersey , †  October 14, 1972 in Salisbury , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1931 and 1943 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Sutphin attended public schools in Matawan and then Woods Business College in New York City . In 1915 he underwent a military officer training camp in Plattsburgh ( New York ). At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1915 and 1916 and again from 1921 to 1926 he was mayor of Matawan. In 1916 he served in the national guard of his state on the border with Mexico , where tensions arose at the time. During World War I , Sutphin served in the United States Army Air Corps in France between 1917 and 1919 . From 1920 to 1931 he worked for a company that made asphalt roofs and coverings.

In the 1930 congressional election , Sutphin was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Harold G. Hoffman on March 4, 1931 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1943 . The New Deal laws of the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt have been passed there since 1933 . In 1933 the 20th and 21st amendments were also ratified. Since 1941 the work of the Congress was shaped by the events of the Second World War .

In 1942 Sutphin was defeated by Republican James C. Auchincloss . After his time in the US House of Representatives, he was Vice President of MJ Merkin Paint Co. in New York. In 1951, William Sutphin retired, which he spent in Berlin, Maryland. He died in Salisbury on October 14, 1972 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery , Virginia .

Web links

• William H. Sutphin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William H. Sutphin in the database of Find a Grave (English)