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Hotelier and Innkeeper Politicians in New Jersey

  Clinton Hamlin Blake Jr. (b. 1883) — of Englewood, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Englewood, Bergen County, N.J., July 26, 1883. Republican. Lawyer; vice-president and secretary, Concrete Surface Corp.; vice-president, Citizens National Bank, Englewood, N.J.; director, Federated Hotels, Inc.; mayor of Englewood, N.J., 1916-18. Member, Beta Theta Pi. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Clinton Hamlin Blake and Mary Gibson (Parsons) Blake; married 1908 to Margaret Duryee Coe.
Herbert Brownell, Jr. Herbert Brownell Jr. (1904-1996) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Peru, Nemaha County, Neb., February 20, 1904. Republican. Lawyer; counsel for hotel associations; author, "Manual of New York Hotel and Restaurant Law"; member of New York state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1933-37; defeated, 1931; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936, 1944, 1948; campaign manager, Thomas E. Dewey for Governor of New York and for President; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1944-46; U.S. Attorney General, 1953-57. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon; Sigma Delta Chi; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Died of cancer, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 1, 1996 (age 92 years, 71 days). Interment at Hilltop Cemetery, Mendham, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Herbert Brownell and Mary A. (Miller) Brownell; married, June 16, 1934, to Doris A. McCarter; married 1987 to Marion Taylor.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by Herbert Brownell: Advising Ike : The Memoirs of Attorney General Herbert Brownell (1993)
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
Frederick W. Feldner Frederick W. Feldner (1865-1910) — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Baltimore, Md., June 1, 1865. Democrat. Lawyer; president, Cape May Hotel company; president, Furst-Clark Dredging company; real estate developer; Consul for Colombia in Baltimore, Md., 1901-07. Along with his wife, daughter, son-in-law, and chauffeur, he was killed when their car collided with a fast-moving Pennsylvania Railroad train, near Cape May, Cape May County, N.J., August 9, 1910 (age 45 years, 69 days). Interment at Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick Feldner and Dorothea Carolyn (Plitt) Feldner; married, January 23, 1888, to Amalia 'Mollie' Rausch.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Baltimore Sun, August 10, 1910
  Thomas Hurst Hughes (1769-1839) — also known as Thomas H. Hughes — of Cold Spring, Cape May County, N.J. Born in Cold Spring, Cape May County, N.J., January 10, 1769. Merchant; Cape May County Sheriff, 1801-04; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1805-07, 1809, 1812-13; hotel operator; member of New Jersey State Council, 1819-23, 1824-25; U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1829-33. Died in Cold Spring, Cape May County, N.J., November 10, 1839 (age 70 years, 304 days). Interment at Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery, Cold Spring, N.J.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Frederick W. McMurray (b. 1871) — of Wildwood, Cape May County, N.J. Born in Liverpool, England, March 7, 1871. Republican. Glass blower; manager of glass manufacturing plant; hotel owner; real estate business; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Cape May County, 1928-31. Burial location unknown.
  Charles C. Read (b. 1867) — of Ocean City, Cape May County, N.J. Born in Camden, Camden County, N.J., August 6, 1867. Republican. Hardware business; president, Ocean City National Bank; director, Flanders Hotel; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Cape May County, 1925-27; member of New Jersey state senate from Cape May County, 1928-36; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928, 1932. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Charles Doughty White (b. 1875) — also known as Charles D. White — of Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J. Born in Denton, Caroline County, Md., July 8, 1875. Republican. Lawyer; hotel proprietor; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1916 (alternate), 1932; member of New Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1920-22; mayor of Atlantic City, N.J., 1935-40. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Josiah White and Mary Kirby (Allen) White.
  Thomas B. Wood — of Camden, Camden County, N.J. Born in Allowaystown (now Alloway), Salem County, N.J. Democrat. Hotel-keeper; merchant; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Gloucester County, 1843-44; Camden County Clerk, 1844-49; mayor of Camden, N.J., 1846-48. Died in Camden, Camden County, N.J. Burial location unknown.
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