Edward Joseph Hart (March 25, 1893, Jersey City, New Jersey – April 20, 1961,

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) was an American

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politician who represented

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's 14th congressional district in the

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from 1935 to 1955.

Early years and education

Hart was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on March 25, 1893. He attended St. Peter's Preparatory School and later graduated from St. Peter's College in 1913. In 1924, he graduated from the law department of

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Career

Hart was secretary to the Excise Commission,

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from 1913 to 1917, and chief field deputy, Internal Revenue Bureau from 1916 to 1921. He was admitted to the District of Columbia bar in 1924 and to the New Jersey bar in 1925. He practiced law in Jersey City since 1927 and was assistant corporation counsel of Jersey City from 1930 to 1934. He was chairman of the

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from 1944 until 1953."Jersey Leadership Taken By Meyner"
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'', May 15, 1953. Accessed June 10, 2008. He was elected as a

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to the Seventy-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses, serving in Congress from January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1955. In Congress he was chairman of the Committee on War Claims (Seventy-eighth Congress),

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(Seventy-ninth Congress) and the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1954.

Later years

After leaving Congress, Hart was a member of State Board of Public Utility Commissioners from 1955 to 1960. He died in the West Allenhurst section of

on April 20, 1961, and was interred in St. Catharine's Cemetery, in

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