Marshall Van Winkle (September 28, 1869 – May 10, 1957) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
New Jersey
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, grandnephew of
Peter G. Van Winkle
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Biography
Born in
Jersey City, New Jersey
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He was appointed counsel to the county tax board in 1895, holding this position until his resignation to accept an appointment as the assistant prosecutor of the pleas of
Hudson County, New Jersey
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He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress.
He served as assistant prosecutor of pleas from 1902 to 1905, when he resigned to become a candidate for Congress.
Van Winkle was elected as a
Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906.
He resumed the practice of law in