John Howard Pugh was a Republican Party

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 politician who represented New Jersey

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's 2nd congressional district

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 in the United States House of Representatives

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 from 1877-1879.

Born in Unionville, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Unionville, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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, Pugh attended the common schools and the Friends' School, Westtown, Pennsylvania.
He taught school in Marietta, Pennsylvania

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, in 1847.
He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

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 in 1852, and began the practice of his profession in Bristol, Pennsylvania

Bristol, Pennsylvania

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, that year.
He moved to Burlington, New Jersey

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, in 1854 and continued the practice of medicine.
During the Civil War

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, he served as a physician without compensation at the United States general hospital in Beverly, New Jersey

Beverly, New Jersey

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.
He served as president of the Mechanics' National Bank of Burlington for thirty-six years.

Pugh was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress

54th United States Congress

- House of Representatives :-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Adlai E. Stevenson * President pro tempore: William P. Frye - Majority leadership :* Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman- Minority leadership :...

, serving in office from March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress.

After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of medicine, and served as member of the State board of education. He died in Burlington, New Jersey

Burlington, New Jersey

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, April 30, 1905, and was interred in Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard

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 in Burlington.

External links

• John Howard Pugh at The Political Graveyard
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• John Howard Pugh at Find A Grave
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