Early life and career
He was born on August 30, 1887, in Browntown, New Jersey and attended the public schools of Matawan, New Jersey. He attended the Woods Business College in Brooklyn and attended the officers training camp at Plattsburgh (city), New York, 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 United States Army Air Service, Air Service. He was a factory representative for asphalt roofing from 1920 to 1931.U.S. House of Representatives
Sutphin was elected as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat to the 72nd United States Congress, 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 78th United States Congress, 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.References
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