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John Henry Capstick (September 2, 1856 – March 17, 1918) was an American Republican Party politician who represented
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's 5th congressional district in the
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from 1915 until his death in 1918.


Biography

Capstick was born in
Lawrence, Massachusetts Lawrence is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, on the Merrimack River. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 89,143. Surrounding communities include Methuen to the north, Andover to the southwest, and Nort ...
on September 2, 1856, where he attended the local public schools. He moved with his parents to
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in 1868 and attended a business college. He married Ella F. Blake on May 1, 1880. He was a member of the Rhode Island Militia in 1870 and 1871. Capstick moved to
Montville, New Jersey Montville is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 21,528, reflecting an increase of 689 (+3.3%) from the 20,839 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in tu ...
in 1883, and engaged in the manufacture of textile fabrics the same year. In 1899, he was co-founder of the Morris County Traction Company which later built
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s in Morris County. He was a member of the State sewerage commission from 1905 to 1908, and president of the State board of health from 1908 to 1914. Capstick was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, until his death in
Montville, New Jersey Montville is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 21,528, reflecting an increase of 689 (+3.3%) from the 20,839 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in tu ...
on March 17, 1918.Staff
"John H. Capstick Dead. New Jersey Congressman Had Been Ill Since Last Fall."
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'', March 18, 1918. Accessed February 23, 2011. "John H. Capstick, Republican, of the Fifth Congressional District of New Jersey, who had been ill of heart disease for several months, died at his home in Montville, N.J., yesterday." He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery in
Boonton, New Jersey Boonton is a Town (New Jersey), town in Morris County, New Jersey, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 8,815, an increase of 468 (+5.6%) from the 2010 United States census, 20 ...
.


See also

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John H. Capstick, late a representative from New Jersey, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1920
1856 births 1918 deaths Politicians from Lawrence, Massachusetts People from Montville, New Jersey Burials in New Jersey Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey 19th-century American legislators {{NewJersey-politician-stub