- John Runk
Infobox Congressman
name = John Runk
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state =New Jersey
district = 3rd
party = Whig
term =March 4 ,1845 –March 3 ,1847
preceded =Isaac G. Farlee (D)
succeeded =Joseph E. Edsall (D)
date of birth =July 3 ,1791
place of birth =Hunterdon County, New Jersey
date of death =September 22 ,1872
place of death =Lambertville, New Jersey
spouse =
profession =Politician
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footnotes =John Runk (
July 3 ,1791 -September 22 ,1872 ) was an American Whig Party politician, who representedNew Jersey's 3rd congressional district in theUnited States House of Representatives from 1845-1847.Runk was born in Milltown (later, Idell),
Hunterdon County, New Jersey . He attended the district schools and took charge of the mills and general store on his father's property in Milltown. He was a member of theBoard of Chosen Freeholders from Kingwood 1825-1833. He was an unsuccessful candidate for sheriff in 1830, and served as high sheriff of Hunterdon County from 1836-1838.Runk was elected as a Whig to the
Twenty-ninth United States Congress (March 4 ,1845 -March 3 ,1847 ). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1846, and ran unsuccessfully against DemocratGeorge F. Fort forGovernor of New Jersey in 1850.He moved to
Lambertville, New Jersey in 1854 and engaged in the milling business and mercantile pursuits. He died in Lambertville and is interred in Rosemont Cemetery, Rosemont, Hunterdon County, N.J.External links
*CongBio|R000509
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rugh-rusch.html#R9M0JBIVY John Runk] atThe Political Graveyard
*Findagrave|6420669|John Runk
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