John H. Pugh

Infobox Congressman
name = John Howard Pugh


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state = New Jersey
district = 2nd
party = Republican
term = March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
preceded = Samuel A. Dobbins
succeeded = Hezekiah Bradley Smith
date of birth = June 23, 1827
place of birth = Unionville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
date of death = April 30, 1905
place of death = Burlington, New Jersey
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profession = Politician
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footnotes = John Howard Pugh (June 23, 1827, Unionville, Chester County, Pennsylvania - April 30, 1905, Burlington, New Jersey) was a Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1877-1879.

Born in Unionville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Pugh attended the common schools and the Friends' School, Westtown, Pennsylvania.He taught school in Marietta, Pennsylvania, in 1847.He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1852, and began the practice of his profession in Bristol, Pennsylvania, that year. He moved to Burlington, New Jersey, in 1854 and continued the practice of medicine.During the Civil War, he served as a physician without compensation at the United States general hospital in Beverly, New Jersey.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, 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, April 30, 1905, and was interred in Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard in Burlington. [ [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU.html#R9T0WRDZO St. Mary's Churchyard] at The Political Graveyard. Accessed August 21, 2007.]

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*CongBio|P000563
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pugh.html#R9M0JA406 John Howard Pugh] at The Political Graveyard
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6938370 John Howard Pugh] at Find A Grave