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Robert Gunn Bremner (December 17, 1874 – February 5, 1914) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic Party politician who represented
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's 7th congressional district in the
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from 1913 to 1914.


Biography

Bremner was born in Reiss,
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on December 17, 1874. His family migrated to
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, where he attended public schools and worked on his family's farm and as a school teacher. He moved to New York City in 1893, and worked as a carpenter and electrician. He later worked as a reporter for several newspapers in
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.


Newspaper owner

In 1902 Bremner became the owner and publisher of the '' Passaic Herald''.


Congress

Bremner was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1913 until his death.


Death

In December, 1913 Bremner checked into a hospital in
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to be treated for cancer of the neck and shoulder. He did not recover, and died in Baltimore on February 5, 1914. He was interred at Laurel Grove Memorial Park in
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.


See also

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External links

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