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Congregationalist Politicians in New Jersey
(including United Church of Christ;
Evangelical and Reformed Church;
Congregational Christian Churches)


  Arthur Melville Agnew (b. 1878) — also known as Arthur M. Agnew — of Grantwood, Cliffside Park, Bergen County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 22, 1878. Son of James Agnew and Maria (McGovern) Agnew. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1913-15; candidate for New Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1916. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Moose; Freemasons; Kiwanis; Union League. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, October 20, 1910, to Elizabeth Johnston.
  Nathaniel Davis (b. 1925) — of Hoboken, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 12, 1925. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Bulgaria, 1965-66; U.S. Ambassador to Guatamala, 1968-71; Chile, 1971-73; Switzerland, 1975-77. Congregationalist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American Historical Association. Still living as of 2009.
  See also NNDB dossier
  James Fairman Fielder (1867-1954) — also known as James F. Fielder — of Hudson County, N.J.; Montclair, Essex County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., February 26, 1867. Son of Eleanor A. (Brinkerhoff) Fielder and George Bragg Fielder. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1903-04; member of New Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1908-13; Governor of New Jersey, 1913, 1914-17; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1916; vice-chancellor of New Jersey court of chancery, 1919-46. Episcopalian or Congregationalist. Dutch and English ancestry. Died, from a heart condition, in Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, Essex County, N.J., December 2, 1954 (age 87 years, 279 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
  Relatives: Grandson of James F. Fielder; nephew of William Brinkerhoff; son of Eleanor A. (Brinkerhoff) Fielder and George Bragg Fielder; married, June 5, 1895, to Mabel Crowell Miller (1874-1953). See Fielder family of New Jersey.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Armistead Smathers (1913-2007) — also known as George A. Smathers; "Georgeous George" — of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla. Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J., November 14, 1913. Son of Franklin Smathers and Lura (Jones) Smathers. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S. Representative from Florida 4th District, 1947-51; U.S. Senator from Florida, 1951-69; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1952, 1956; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960, 1968; lobbyist. Methodist; later United Church of Christ. Member, Jaycees; Elks; Kiwanis. Suffered a stroke, and subsequently died, in Indian Creek, Miami-Dade County, Fla., January 20, 2007 (age 93 years, 67 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Franklin Smathers and Lura (Jones) Smathers; nephew of William Howell Smathers; married, March 19, 1939, to Rosemary Townley (divorced 1971); married, January 4, 1974, to Carolyn Hyder; father of Bruce Armistead Smathers. See Smathers family of Florida.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Lloyd Thompson (b. 1879) — of Westfield, Union County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 17, 1879. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor; town clerk of Westfield, N.J., 1903-09; real estate investor; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1910-11. Congregationalist. Burial location unknown.

 

 


 
   
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