About John H. Capstick
Lived 1856 – 1918 (aged 61). John H. Capstick was an American politician.
John Henry Capstick (September 2, 1856 – March 17, 1918) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1915 until his death in 1918.
Biography Capstick was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on September 2, 1856, where he attended the local public schools. He moved with his parents to Providence, Rhode Island in 1868 and attended a business college.
He married Ella F. Blake on May 1, 1880. He was a member of the State sewerage commission from 1905 to 1908, and president of the State board of health from 1908 to 1914.
Capstick was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, until his death in Montville, New Jersey on March 17, 1918. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery in Boonton, New Jersey.
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Who was John H. Capstick?
Congressman from New Jersey (1856-1918)
When was John H. Capstick born?
John H. Capstick was born on 2 September 1856 in Lawrence.
When did John H. Capstick die?
John H. Capstick died on 17 March 1918 in Montville.
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John H. Capstick was a politician.
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John H. Capstick was American.
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