William H. Sutphin
William Halstead Sutphin | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 3rd district | |
In office March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1943 | |
Preceded by | Harold G. Hoffman (R) |
Succeeded by | James C. Auchincloss (R) |
Personal details | |
Born | August 30, 1887 Browntown, New Jersey |
Died | October 14, 1972 Salisbury, Maryland | (aged 85)
Political party | Democratic |
Profession | politician |
William Halstead Sutphin (August 30, 1887 – October 14, 1972) was an American military officer, businessman, and Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district for six terms from 1931 to 1943.
Early life and career
He was born on August 30, 1887 in Browntown, New Jersey and he attended the public schools of Matawan, New Jersey, the Woods Business College in Brooklyn, and attended the officers training camp at Plattsburgh, New York in 1915.
He was Mayor of Matawan, New Jersey from 1915–1916 and 1921–1926. He served on the United States-Mexico border in 1916 (see Pancho Villa Expedition) with B Troop, First Squadron, New Jersey Cavalry.
During World War I he served in France from December 1917 to May 1919 and was discharged as captain in the Air Service. He was a factory representative for asphalt roofing from 1920 to 1931.
U.S. House of Representatives
Sutphin was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931–January 3, 1943). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress.
Later career and death
After leaving office, he went on to be vice president of the M.J. Merkin Paint Co., in New York City. He retired in 1951 and resided in Berlin, Maryland.
Sutphin died in Salisbury, Maryland on October 14, 1972 and was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.
External links
- United States Congress. "William H. Sutphin (id: S001086)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- William Halstead Sutphin at The Political Graveyard
- William Halstead Sutphin at Find a Grave
- 1887 births
- 1972 deaths
- United States Army Air Service pilots of World War I
- People from Matawan, New Jersey
- People from Old Bridge Township, New Jersey
- Mayors of places in New Jersey
- Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
- People from Berlin, Maryland
- 20th-century American politicians
- Military personnel from New Jersey
- New Jersey mayor stubs