Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer | |
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.jpg) FromThe Daily Times (New Brunswick, NJ), November 3, 1894 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew Jersey's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895 | |
| Preceded by | John Kean |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Franklin Howell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 28, 1839 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 20, 1917(1917-07-20) (aged 77) Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Resting place | West Laurel Hill Cemetery,Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Politician |
Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer (August 28, 1839 – July 20, 1917) was an Americanlawyer andDemocratic Partypolitician who representedNew Jersey's3rd congressional district in theUnited States House of Representatives for three terms from 1889 to 1895.
Geissenhainer was born inNew York City and attended private schools. He graduated fromColumbia College in New York City (Master of Arts, 1858), and went on to study law atYale Law School, andNew York University (Bachelor of Arts, 1860). He also attended theUniversity of Berlin. In 1862 he was admitted to the bar, and he commenced practice in New York City. Geissenhainer married Susan Havemeyer Burkhalter, a member of theHavemeyer family.
He was elected as a Democrat to theFifty-first,Fifty-second andFifty-third Congresses where he served from March 4, 1889 until March 3, 1895.
He also served as chairman of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization (Fifty-third Congress), and on theCommittee on Naval Affairs (Fifty-third Congress). Geissenhainer was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress. After this, he resumed the practice of law.
He died atMount Pocono, Pennsylvania, and was interred inWest Laurel Hill Cemetery,Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.[1]
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNew Jersey's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1889-March 3, 1895 | Succeeded by |
Chairs of theUnited States House Committee on Armed Services | ||
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| Military Affairs Committee (1822–1947) |  | |
| Naval Affairs Committee (1822–1947) | ||
| Armed Services Committee* (from 1947) | ||
*Alternately namedNational Security in 104th and 105th Congresses. | ||
