Randolph Perkins (November 30, 1871 – May 25, 1936) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented
New Jersey
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in the
United States House of Representatives
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from 1921 to 1936.
Early life
Born in
Dunellen, New Jersey
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, Perkins moved to
Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City is the List of municipalities in New Jersey, second-most populous
The New York Times
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'', May 26, 1936. Accessed March 5, 2011.
He attended
Cooper Union
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in New York City.
Early career
After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in
Jersey City, New Jersey
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.
He moved to
Westfield, New Jersey
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, in 1902, and served as Mayor from 1903 to 1905. He moved to
Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey
Woodcliff Lake is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,128, an increase of 398 (+6.9%) from the 2010 census count of 5,730, which in turn reflected a d ...
, in 1909, and continued the practice of law.
He served as member of the
New Jersey General Assembly
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Since the election of 1967 (1968 session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts f ...
from 1905 to 1911, serving as speaker in 1907.
He served as chairman of the
Bergen County
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He served as chairman of the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures (Sixty-ninth through Seventy-first Congresses).
He was renominated for election to the Seventy-fifth Congress at the time of his death.
Impeachment manager
He was one of the
managers
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appointed by the House of Representatives in 1933 to prosecute the case in the
impeachment trial
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of Harold Louderback, judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and again in 1936 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Halsted L. Ritter, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Death
He died in
Washington, D.C.
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, on May 25, 1936, after suffering a
kidney infection
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.
He was interred in Fairview Cemetery,
West New Brighton
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,
Staten Island
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,
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
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* ...
.
See also
*
List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
There are several lists of United States Congress members who died in office. These include:
*List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
*List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949)
*List ...