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Christopher Augustus Bergen Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 1st districtIn office
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893Preceded by George Hires Succeeded by Henry C. Loudenslager Personal details Born August 2, 1841
Bridge Point, New JerseyDied February 18, 1905
Haverford, PennsylvaniaNationality American Political party Republican Christopher Augustus Bergen (August 2, 1841 – February 18, 1905) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1889 to 1893.
Born in Bridge Point, New Jersey, Bergen attended Harlingen School and Edge Hill Classical School and was graduated from Princeton College, where he studied law, in 1863. He was licensed by the supreme court of New Jersey in 1866 as an attorney and commenced practice in Camden, New Jersey.
Bergen was elected as a Republican to the 51st and 52nd Congresses, holding officer from March 4, 1889 to March 3, 1893. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1892, after which he resumed the practice of law.
In 1903, Bergen moved to Haverford, Pennsylvania, where he died on February 18, 1905. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Camden, New Jersey. His son, Martin V. Bergen, was also a lawyer, played football and baseball at Princeton University, and coached football at Princeton, Grinnell College, and the University of Virginia.[1]
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External links
- Christopher A. Bergen at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Christopher Augustus Bergen at The Political Graveyard
- Christopher Augustus Bergen at Find A Grave
United States House of Representatives Preceded by
George HiresMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 1st congressional district
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893Succeeded by
Henry C. LoudenslagerCategories:- 1841 births
- 1905 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
- New Jersey lawyers
- Princeton University alumni
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