Charles St. John

Charles St. John
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
In office 1871–1875
Preceded by	Charles Van Wyck
Succeeded by	Nathaniel H. Odell
Constituency	11th district (1871–73) 12th district (1875–75)
Personal details
Born	(1818-10-08)October 8, 1818 Mount Hope, New York, U.S.0LB
Died	July 6, 1891(1891-07-06) (aged 72) Port Jervis, New York, U.S.
Resting place	Laurel Grove Cemetery, Port Jervis, New York, U.S.OLB
Political party	Republican

Charles St. John (October 8, 1818 – July 6, 1891) was a representative in the US House of Representatives from New York.

St. John was born on October 8, 1818, in Mount Hope, New York. He attended the common schools and Goshen and Newburgh (New York) Academies. He engaged in lumbering on the Delaware River and in mercantile pursuits and banking at Port Jervis, New York. He served as internal revenue collector and later as president of the Barrett Bridge Co..

St. John was elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875), after which he resumed his former business activities.

He died in Port Jervis on July 6, 1891, and was interred in Laurel Grove Cemetery.

In 1888 St. John built the High Point Inn at New Jersey's highest point High Point, New Jersey. The Inn would form the basis for the home of Anthony R. Kuser who converted it into a lodge before ultimately donating it to New Jersey in 1923.^[1]

• United States Congress. "Charles St. John (id: S000765)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

• Charles St. John at Find a Grave

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