Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer
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Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer, (August 28, 1839 - July 20, 1917) was a representative from New Jersey.
[edit] Background
Geissenhainer was born in New York City and attended private schools. He graduated from Columbia College at New York City in 1858, going on to study law at Yale College, and at New York University, where he was graduated. He also attended the University of Berlin. In 1862 he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New York.
On March 4, 1889 he was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses where he served until March 3, 1895. He also served as chairman, Committee on Immigration and Naturalization (Fifty-third Congress), and on the Committee on Naval Affairs (Fifty-third Congress). Geissenhainer was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress. After this, he resumed the practice of law.
He died at Mount Pocono, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, and was interred in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia.
[edit] Source
- This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
