Charles St. John
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Charles St. John was a U.S. Representative
from New York
.
Born at 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
, July 6, 1891.
He was interred in Laurel Grove Cemetery.
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.
United States House of Representatives
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from New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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Born at Mount Hope, New York
Mount Hope, New York
Mount Hope is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 6,639 at the 2000 census.The Town of Mount Hope is in the northwestern part of the county, west of Middletown...
, 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
Port Jervis, New York
Port Jervis is a city on the Delaware River in western Orange County, New York, with a population of 8,860 at the 2000 census. The communities of Deerpark, Huguenot, Sparrowbush, and Greenville are adjacent to Port Jervis, and the towns of Montague, New Jersey and Matamoras, Pennsylvania face the...
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He served as internal revenue collector and later as president of the Barrett Bridge Co..
St. John was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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to the Forty-second
42nd United States Congress
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and Forty-third
43rd United States Congress
The Forty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1873 to March 4, 1875, during the fifth and sixth...
Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875).
He resumed his former business activities.
He died in Port Jervis, New York
Port Jervis, New York
Port Jervis is a city on the Delaware River in western Orange County, New York, with a population of 8,860 at the 2000 census. The communities of Deerpark, Huguenot, Sparrowbush, and Greenville are adjacent to Port Jervis, and the towns of Montague, New Jersey and Matamoras, Pennsylvania face the...
, July 6, 1891.
He was interred in Laurel Grove Cemetery.
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
Anthony R. Kuser
Anthony R. Kuser was a businessman and philanthropist who built the High Point monument and donated the land that makes up New Jersey's highest point....
who converted it into a lodge before ultimately donating it to New Jersey in 1923.