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American politician
Charles St. John
1843h.r.6201
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York
In office
1871–1875
Preceded byCharles Van Wyck
Succeeded byNathaniel H. Odell
Constituency11th district (1871–73)
12th district (1875–75)
Personal details
Born(1818-10-08)October 8, 1818
Mount Hope, New York, U.S.0LB
DiedJuly 6, 1891(1891-07-06) (aged 72)
Port Jervis, New York, U.S.
Resting placeLaurel Grove Cemetery, Port Jervis, New York, U.S.OLB
Political partyRepublican

Charles St. John (October 8, 1818 – July 6, 1891) was a representative in the US House of Representatives from New York.

Biography

St. John was born on October 8, 1818, in Mount Hope, New York. He attended the common schools and Goshen and Newburgh (New York) Academies. He engaged in lumbering on the Delaware River and in mercantile pursuits and banking at Port Jervis, New York. He served as internal revenue collector and later as president of the Barrett Bridge Co..

St. John was elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875), after which he resumed his former business activities.

He died in Port Jervis on July 6, 1891, and was interred in Laurel Grove Cemetery.

Legacy

In 1888 St. John built the High Point Inn at New Jersey's highest point High Point, New Jersey. The Inn would form the basis for the home of Anthony R. Kuser who converted it into a lodge before ultimately donating it to New Jersey in 1923.

References

  1. "Hiking High Point State Park".

External links

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byCharles Van Wyck Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 11th congressional district
1871–1873 		Succeeded byClarkson N. Potter
Preceded byJohn H. Ketcham Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 12th congressional district
1873–1875 		Succeeded byN. Holmes Odell

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress


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