Amos Henry Radcliffe (January 16, 1870 - December 29, 1950) was an American
Republican
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Political ideology
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politician who represented
New Jersey
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's
7th congressional district, serving two terms in office from March 4, 1919, to March 3, 1923.
Early life and education
Radcliffe was born in
Paterson, New Jersey, on January 16, 1870. He attended the
Paterson Public Schools
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, and graduated from the New York Trade School. Radcliffe served as a sergeant in the
New Jersey National Guard
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from 1888-1893.
Early career
He became a blacksmith and ornamental and structural ironworker. In 1896 became associated with his father's firm and in 1907 was made secretary of James Radcliffe & Sons Co., a structural iron manufacturing company.
Radcliffe was a member of the
New Jersey General Assembly
The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.
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 f ...
from 1907-1912. He served as a delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1910, 1911, and 1912, was sheriff of
Passaic County from 1912 to 1915 and was fish and game commissioner from 1914 to 1919. Radcliffe served as
Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey, from 1916 to 1919.
Congress
Radcliffe was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1919, to March 3, 1923, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress.
Later career and death
After leaving Congress, he resumed active interests in Radcliffe & Sons Company and was treasurer at the time of his death. he was the founder and a former president of the Franklin Trust Company, of Paterson, and served as chairman of the board.
In 1925, he became a member of the Board of Standards and Appeals in Paterson. He died in
Balesville, New Jersey, on December 29, 1950, and was interred in
Cedar Lawn Cemetery
Cedar Lawn Cemetery is a rural cemetery in Paterson, New Jersey, and is also considered one of the finest Victorian cemeteries in the USA. Cedar Lawn Cemetery officially opened in September 1867, and recorded its first burial on September 27, 186 ...
in Paterson.
References
External links
The Political Graveyard profile for Amos Henry Radcliffe*
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Republican Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly
1870 births
1950 deaths
Mayors of Paterson, New Jersey
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
Burials at Cedar Lawn Cemetery