John H. Pugh
U.S. Congressperson
1827 – 1905
Who was John H. Pugh?
John Howard Pugh, was a Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1877-1879.
Born in Unionville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Pugh attended the common schools and the Friends' School, Westtown, Pennsylvania. He taught school in Marietta, Pennsylvania, in 1847. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1852, and began the practice of his profession in Bristol, Pennsylvania, that year. He moved to Burlington, New Jersey, in 1854 and continued the practice of medicine. During the Civil War, he served as a physician without compensation at the United States general hospital in Beverly, New Jersey. He served as president of the Mechanics' National Bank of Burlington for thirty-six years.
Pugh was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress.
After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of medicine, and served as member of the State board of education.
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- Born
- Jun 23, 1827
Unionville - Also known as
- John Pugh
- Dr. John H. Pugh
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Apr 30, 1905
Burlington
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on July 23, 2013
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