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Politicians in the Printing and Publishing Business in New Jersey
other than newspapers

	James Solomon Barcus (1863-1920) — also known as James S. Barcus — of Terre Haute, Vigo County, Ind. Born in Sullivan County, Ind., March 18, 1863. Son of Solomon Barcus and Martha Barcus. Publisher; author; lawyer; member of Indiana state senate, 1903-05. Member, Freemasons. Died in Newark, Essex County, N.J., May 3, 1920 (age 57 years, 46 days). Interment somewhere in Terre Haute, Ind.   Relatives: Married 1884 to Bettie Belle Tichenor.   See also Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Benjamin H. Crosby (b. 1859) — of Tuckerton, Ocean County, N.J. Born in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., January 17, 1859. Son of Harrison W. Crosby. Republican. Printer; newspaper editor and publisher; fire chief; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Ocean County, 1908-10. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
	Frank Jenkins — of Rahway, Union County, N.J. Printing press operator; Poor Man's Party candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1952. Still living as of 1952.
	Wesley A. Taylor (b. 1906) — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Mays Landing, Atlantic County, N.J., July 12, 1906. Son of Clarence A. Taylor and Almeda S. (Henry) Taylor. Republican. Bookbinder; Secretary and Business Representative, Bookbinders Local Union #62; delegate to New Jersey AFL and other labor councils; vice-president, Allied Printing Trades Council; delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County, 1947. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arcanum. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
	William Halsted Wiley (1842-1925) — also known as William H. Wiley — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 10, 1842. Son of John Wiley and Elizabeth B. Wiley. Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; engineer; publisher of scientific works; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1903-07, 1909-11. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in 1925 (age about 82 years). Interment at Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, N.J.   Relatives: Married, June 1, 1870, to Joanna King Clarke.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

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