Charles St. John

Charles St. John ( born October 8, 1818 in Mount Hope, New York, † July 6, 1891 in Port Jervis, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1871 and 1875 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles St. John was born about three and a half years after the end of the British - American War in Mount Hope. He attended community schools, the Goshen College and the Newburgh Academy. After that he was on the Delaware River in the timber industry operates, but also pursued commercial and banking transactions in Port Jervis. He worked as Internal Revenue Collector and later as president of the Barrett Bridge Co. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1870 for the 42nd Congress St. John in the eleventh electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Charles Van Wyck on March 4, 1871. In 1872 he was a candidate in the twelfth electoral district of New York for the 43rd Congress. After a successful re-election, he entered on March 4, 1873, the successor of John H. Ketcham. He retired after March 3, 1875 from the Congress.

After his conference time he returned to his former business activities. He died on July 6, 1891 in Port Jervis, and was then buried in the Laurel Grove Cemetery.