- James Edgar Martine
James Edgar Martine (
August 25 ,1850 -February 26 ,1925 ) was an American Democratic Partypolitician who served asUnited States Senator fromNew Jersey .Born in
New York City , he moved with his parents toPlainfield, New Jersey in 1857; attended the public schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits, the real estate business, and in building; member of the Plainfield common council; unsuccessful candidate for election as mayor of Plainfield; unsuccessful candidate in 1906 for election to theSixtieth United States Congress . He was elected as a Democrat to theUnited States Senate and served fromMarch 4 ,1911 , toMarch 3 ,1917 , where he served as chairman of theCommittee on Coast Defenses (Sixty-third United States Congress ),Committee on Industrial Expositions (Sixty-third andSixty-fourth United States Congress es); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916; resumed agricultural pursuits; died inMiami, Florida ; interment in Hillside Cemetery located inScotch Plains, New Jersey .External links
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* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martina-martinelli.html#R9M0J5CS7 Political Graveyard information for James Edgar Martine]
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