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Machinist Politicians in New Jersey

  Thomas C. Alcott (1806-1872) — of Mt. Holly, Burlington County, N.J. Born in Weymouth, Atlantic County, N.J., August 6, 1806. Machinist; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Burlington County, 1869-71. Died in Mt. Holly, Burlington County, N.J., March 17, 1872 (age 65 years, 224 days). Interment at Mt. Holly Cemetery, Mt. Holly, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Zaccheus Alcott and Elizabeth Alcott; married, February 11, 1829, to Jane Ann Allen.
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  Edward Loren Fenn (b. 1896) — also known as Edward L. Fenn — of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., June 26, 1896. Republican. Tool manufacturer; member of Connecticut state senate 36th District, 1943-46. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Edward White Fenn and Lorena H. Fenn.
  Arthur Hay (b. 1859) — of Oneida, Madison County, N.Y. Born in New Jersey, March, 1859. Machinist; insurance business; justice of the peace; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1900; candidate for New York state assembly from Madison County, 1901; Prohibition candidate for New York state senate 37th District, 1916; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1920. English and Scottish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Thomas R. Layden (b. 1866) — of Paterson, Passaic County, N.J. Born in Kingston, Luzerne County, Pa., December 26, 1866. Republican. Machinist; electrical contractor; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1904-05, 1910-11; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912. Burial location unknown.
  Matthew Maguire (b. 1850) — of Paterson, Passaic County, N.J. Born in New York, 1850. Socialist. Machinist; Socialist Labor candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1896; Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of New Jersey, 1898. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Christopher Maguire and Mary (Stafford) Maguire; married 1870 to Martha McCormick.

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