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Politicians in Masonry Construction in New Jersey
brick, tile, concrete, stone, marble

Ernest R. Ackerman Ernest Robinson Ackerman (1863-1931) — also known as Ernest R. Ackerman — of Plainfield, Union County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 17, 1863. Republican. President, Lawrence Portland Cement Company; banker; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; member of New Jersey state senate from Union County, 1906-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908, 1916; member of New Jersey state board of education, 1918-20; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1919-31; died in office 1931. Presbyterian. Member, Union League. He was elected to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame in 2000. Died, of heart disease, in Plainfield, Union County, N.J., October 18, 1931 (age 68 years, 123 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Ellen Robinson (Morgan) Ackerman and James Hervey Ackerman; married 1892 to Mora L. Weber.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Library of Congress
  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.
  Arthur N. Pierson (b. 1867) — of Westfield, Union County, N.J. Born in Westfield, Union County, N.J., June 23, 1867. Republican. Wholesale sewer pipe and clay products business; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1915-22; Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1919; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1916; member of New Jersey state senate from Union County, 1923-32. Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, N.J.
  John Rathbone Ramsey (1862-1933) — of Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J. Born in Wyckoff, Bergen County, N.J., April 25, 1862. Republican. Lawyer; brick manufacturer; banker; Bergen County Clerk, 1895-1910; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908; candidate for New Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1910; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1917-21. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks; Junior Order. Died in Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J., April 10, 1933 (age 70 years, 350 days). Interment at Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of John P. Ramsey and Martha (Rathbone) Ramsey; married, January 26, 1898, to Mary Evelyn Thompson; married, January 10, 1906, to Alice Taylor Huyler.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Augustus W. Schwartz (b. 1867) — of Elizabeth, Union County, N.J. Born in Elizabeth, Union County, N.J., January 4, 1867. Republican. Newspaper advertising manager; fire fighter; coal and masons' supplies dealer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1909-10. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Royal and Select Masters; Shriners; Independent Order of Foresters; Elks. Burial location unknown.
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