Elijah C. Hutchinson | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew Jersey's4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923 | |
| Preceded by | Allan B. Walsh |
| Succeeded by | Charles Browne |
| Member of theNew Jersey Senate fromMercer County | |
| In office 1899-1904 | |
| Preceded by | William H. Skirm |
| Succeeded by | Barton B. Hutchinson |
| Member of theNew Jersey General Assembly | |
| In office 1895-1896 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson August 7, 1855 Washington Township, New Jersey,U.S. (nowRobbinsville Township) |
| Died | June 25, 1932 (aged 76) Trenton, New Jersey,U.S. |
| Resting place | Greenwood Cemetery in Hamilton Township |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | Politician |
Elijah Cubberley Hutchinson (August 7, 1855 inWashington Township, New Jersey – June 25, 1932 inTrenton, New Jersey) was an American businessman andRepublican Party politician who representedNew Jersey's 4th congressional district for four terms from 1915 to 1923.
Hutchinson was born in theWindsor section of what is nowRobbinsville Township, New Jersey on August 7, 1855. He attended the public schools and Riders Business College inTrenton, New Jersey. He became a merchant miller inHamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey and was interested in banking and in the manufacture of fertilizer.
He served as township clerk for three years. Hutchinson was a member of theNew Jersey General Assembly in 1895 and 1896, and served in theNew Jersey Senate from 1899 to 1904, and was president of that body in 1903. He served as state road commissioner from 1905 to 1908.
Hutchinson was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving in Congress from March 4, 1915 to March 3, 1923, but was unsuccessful in his bid for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress.
He resided in Trenton, until his death there on June 25, 1932. Hutchinson was interred in Greenwood Cemetery in Hamilton Township.
Although the mill he owned is no longer in existence, the neighborhood of Hamilton Township where it stood is known asHutchinson Mills, New Jersey.
Hutchinson was a founding member and elder ofChrist Presbyterian Church (founded 1920; building dedicated 1924), located in the Hutchinson Mills section of Hamilton Township. At the focal point of the church's worship space is a historic stained-glass window depicting the resurrection scene from Mark 16 (Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome confronted by an angel pointing at the empty tomb), dedicated in memory of his late wife. Several other stained glass windows bear dedications by "Mrs. E.C. Hutchinson" and one is in the name of Stanley Hutchinson, in memory of his mother.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNew Jersey's 4th congressional district March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | President of theNew Jersey Senate 1903 | Succeeded by |
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