Marshall Van Winkle
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Marshall Van Winkle was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from New Jersey
New Jersey
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, grandnephew of Peter G. Van Winkle
Peter G. Van Winkle
Peter Godwin Van Winkle was a United States Senator from West Virginia.Born in New York City, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Parkersburg, Virginia in 1835...

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Biography

Born in Jersey City, New Jersey
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, Van Winkle attended the public schools.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1890 and commenced practice in Hoboken, 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
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
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 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 Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City is the seat of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.Part of the New York metropolitan area, Jersey City lies between the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay across from Lower Manhattan and the Hackensack River and Newark Bay...

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Advisory master in chancery, matrimonial division from 1933 to 1939.
Wrote and published law reference books.
He died in Oceanport, New Jersey
Oceanport, New Jersey
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, May 10, 1957.
He was interred in Fairview Mausoleum, Fairview, New Jersey.
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