Charles St. John Explained

Charles St. John
State:New York
Constituency: (1871–73)
(1875–75)
Term Start:1871
Term End:1875
Predecessor:Charles Van Wyck
Successor:Nathaniel H. Odell
Birth Date:8 October 1818
Birth Place:Mount Hope, New York, U.S.0LB
Death Place:Port Jervis, New York, U.S.
Resting Place:Laurel Grove Cemetery, Port Jervis, New York, U.S.OLB
Party:Republican

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

Biography

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.

Legacy

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hiking High Point State Park.