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Randolph Perkins (November 30, 1871 – May 25, 1936) was an American Republican Party politician who represented
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's 6th congressional district in the
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from 1921 to 1936.


Early life and career

Born in
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, Perkins moved to Jersey City, New Jersey, with his parents in 1879, where he attended Jersey City High School (since renamed
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).Staff
"RANDOLPH PERKINS, LEGISLATOR, DEAD; Jersey Member of Congress Had Served Since 1920 Recently Renominated. LONG ACTIVE IN POLITICS Also Prominent as a Lawyer, Had Been an Assemblyman and Mayor of Westfield."
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'', May 26, 1936. Accessed March 5, 2011. He attended
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in New York City. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in Jersey City, New Jersey. He moved to
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from 1905 to 1911, serving as speaker in 1907. He served as chairman of the
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to the Sixty-seventh and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1921, until his death. 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. He was one of the
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appointed by the House of Representatives in 1933 to prosecute the case in the
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, judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and again in 1936 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against
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, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.


Death

He died in
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on May 25, 1936, after suffering a
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. He was interred in Fairview Cemetery,
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,
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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 ...


References

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