John Hart Brewer (March 29, 1844 – December 21, 1900) was an American Republican Party politician who represented
New Jersey
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United States House of Representatives
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from 1881 to 1885. Brewer was the great-great-great grandson of John Hart, a signer of the
United States Declaration of Independence
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Born in
Hunterdon County, New Jersey
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and Trenton Academy, and graduated from the
Delaware Literary Institute
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History
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Trenton, New Jersey
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Since the election of 1967 (1968 Session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for ...
in 1876.
He served as president of the National Potters' Association in 1879.
Brewer was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1885.
After leaving Congress, he resumed the manufacture of pottery until 1895, when he engaged in the insurance business. He was appointed assistant appraiser of merchandise at the port of New York City by President McKinley and served until his death in
Trenton, New Jersey
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The Political Graveyard
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