Walter Sooy Jeffries

Walter Sooy Jeffries (October 16, 1893, Atlantic City, New Jersey – October 11, 1954, Margate City, New Jersey) was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for one term from 1939 to 1941.

Biography Jeffries was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on October 16, 1893, and attended the local public schools. He graduated from the Atlantic City Business College in 1909 and was also graduated in celestial navigation from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia in 1943. He engaged in the manufacture of paint from 1910 to 1934.

Early career He was elected as mayor of Margate City, New Jersey, from 1931 to 1935 and served as sheriff of Atlantic County, New Jersey, from 1935 to 1938. He became engaged in the hotel business at Atlantic City in 1938.

Congress Jeffries was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress, serving in office from January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress.

Later career and death After his term in Congress, he was treasurer of Atlantic County from 1941 to 1944. Jeffries died in Margate City on October 11, 1954, and was interred in Laurel Memorial Cemetery in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.

Electoral history United States House of Representatives