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Pharmaceutical Industry Politicians in New Jersey
including Druggists and Pharmacists

	John Brandt — of Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Fla. Born in New Jersey. Pharmacist; mayor of Boca Raton, Fla., 1962-63. Still living as of 1963.
	John Thomas Connor (1914-2000) — also known as John T. Connor; Jack Connor — Born in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., November 3, 1914. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1965-67. Catholic. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Kappa Psi. President and CEO of the Merck pharmaceutical company from 1955; chairman and CEO of Allied Chemical, 1967-79. Died, of cancer, at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 6, 2000 (age 85 years, 338 days). Interment at Mosswood Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable, Mass.   Relatives: Married to Mary O'Boyle.   Epitaph: "Semper Fidelis"   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
	William J. Harrison (1852-1909) — of Ocean County, N.J. Born January 11, 1852. Druggist; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1903; member of New Jersey state senate from Ocean County, 1908-09; died in office 1909. Died March 23, 1909 (age 57 years, 71 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Lakewood, N.J.
	George W. Merck (1894-1957) — of West Orange, Essex County, N.J.; Rupert, Bennington County, Vt. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 29, 1894. Son of George Merck and Friedrike (Schenck) Merck. Republican. Chemist; president (1925-49) and chairman (1949-57), Merck & Co., pharmaceutical makers; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1948; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1956. Suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, and died the next day, in Orange Memorial Hospital, Orange, Essex County, N.J., November 9, 1957 (age 63 years, 225 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of George Merck and Friedrike (Schenck) Merck; married, September 22, 1917, to Josephine Carey Wall (divorced); married 1926 to Serena Stevens.   See also Wikipedia article
	J. M. Mitchell, Jr. (b. 1866) — of Pennsylvania. Born in New Jersey, 1866. Physician; druggist; U.S. Consular Agent in San Pedro Sula, 1891-1925. Burial location unknown.
	Firman M. Reeves (b. 1877) — of Millville, Cumberland County, N.J. Born in Millville, Cumberland County, N.J., September 20, 1877. Republican. Pharmacist; real estate business; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Cumberland County, 1918-19; member of New Jersey state senate from Cumberland County, 1920-27. Member, Elks; Eagles; Moose; Redmen; Freemasons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
	James H. Terrill (c.1862-1943) — of Rahway, Union County, N.J. Born in Rahway, Union County, N.J., about 1862. Democrat. Pharmacist; mayor of Rahway, N.J., 1904-05. Member, Junior Order. Died in Rahway, Union County, N.J., July 28, 1943 (age about 81 years). Burial location unknown.

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