Marshall Van Winkle (September 28, 1869 – May 10, 1957) was a

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from

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, grandnephew of Peter G. Van Winkle.

Biography

Born in

Jersey City, New Jersey Jersey City is the List of municipalities in New Jersey, second-most populous

, Van Winkle attended the public schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1890 and commenced practice in

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. He was appointed counsel to the county tax board in 1895, holding this position until his resignation to accept an appointment as the assistant prosecutor of the pleas of

Hudson County, New Jersey Hudson County is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey, its smallest and most densely populated. Lying in the northeast of the state and on the west bank of the Hudson River, the North Jersey county is part of the state's Gateway Region an ...

. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress. He served as assistant prosecutor of pleas from 1902 to 1905, when he resigned to become a candidate for Congress. Van Winkle was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906. He resumed the practice of law in

Jersey City, New Jersey Jersey City is the List of municipalities in New Jersey, second-most populous

. Advisory master in chancery, matrimonial division from 1933 to 1939. Wrote and published law reference books. He died in

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, May 10, 1957. He was interred in Fairview Mausoleum in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Van Winkle, Marshall 1869 births 1957 deaths Politicians from Jersey City, New Jersey Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey Burials at Fairview Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey) 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives