Charles St. John

Charles St. John, New York Congressman

Charles St. John (October 8, 1818 – July 6, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Biography

He was born on October 8, 1818 in Mount Hope, New York. St. John attended the common schools and Goshen and Newburgh (New York) Academies. He engaged in lumbering on the Delaware River and in mercantile pursuits and banking at Port Jervis, New York. He served as internal revenue collector and later as president of the Barrett Bridge Co..

St. John was elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875). He resumed his former business activities.

He died in Port Jervis, New York on July 6, 1891. He was interred in Laurel Grove Cemetery.

Legacy

In 1888 St. John built the High Point Inn at New Jersey's highest point High Point, New Jersey. The Inn would form the basis for the home of Anthony R. Kuser who converted it into a lodge before ultimately donating it to New Jersey in 1923.

References

• Charles St. John at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• Charles St. John at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Charles Van Wyck	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 11th congressional district 1871–1873	Succeeded by Clarkson N. Potter
Preceded by John H. Ketcham	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 12th congressional district 1873–1875	Succeeded by N. Holmes Odell

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