Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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Geissenhainer, Jacob Augustus

Geissenhainer, Jacob Augustus, a Representative from New Jersey; born in New York City August 28, 1839; attended private schools, and was graduated from Columbia College at New York City in 1858; studied law at Yale College, and at the New York University, where he was graduated; also a student in the University of Berlin; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New York City in 1862; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died at Mount Pocono, Monroe County, Pa., on July 20, 1917; interment in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Geissenhainer, Jacob Augustus," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1202 Original Sources, accessed March 27, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3W1ABVY3MBVHQYH.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Geissenhainer, Jacob Augustus." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1202, Original Sources. 27 Mar. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3W1ABVY3MBVHQYH.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Geissenhainer, Jacob Augustus' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1202. Original Sources, retrieved 27 March 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3W1ABVY3MBVHQYH.