Elias Bertram Mott (March 11, 1879 – September 23, 1961) was an American Republican Party politician who served as chairman of the

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and as

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for more than 50 years.

Biography

Mott was born in 1879 in

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, to Elias Briant and Lauretta W. Mott. He attended public schools in Rockaway Township, before going on to

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, where he graduated in 1896. He studied law privately and was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1901.Myers, William Starr. ''The Story of New Jersey'' (1945). Reprinted a
''Prominent Families of New Jersey''
(Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000). In 1897 Mott first worked as an aide to his father, Elias B. Mott, who was

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at the time. He was appointed deputy county clerk the following year, and would be elected as county clerk in 1908, a position he would hold until his death in 1961."E. Bertram Mott, an Aide in Jersey"
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'', September 25, 1961. Accessed March 29, 2008. In 1922 he was elected a member of the

. He became chairman of the State Committee in 1927, succeeding former

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Edward C. Stokes, who resigned to run for

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."Mott is Elected to Succeed Stokes"
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'', September 28, 1927. Accessed March 29, 2008. He served in the position for seven years. Mott died in 1961 at

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at the age of 82.

References

External links

Biographical information for E. Bertram Mott
from

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