Elmer Hendrickson Geran (October 24, 1875 - January 12, 1954) was an American Democratic politician representing New Jersey's 3rd congress district from 1923 to 1925.
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Biography
Education
Geran was born in Matawan, New Jersey on October 24, 1875, where he attended public school and Glenwood Matawan Military Academy, New Jersey. He graduated from the Peddie Institute in Hightstown, New Jersey in 1895, from Princeton University in 1899, and from New York Law School in 1901.
Career path
She was accepted at the New Jersey bar in 1901 and started practicing in Jersey City, New Jersey. He is a lawyer for Matawan Boro for several years. He is known for his speech on banking issues. On May 11, 1911 he presented at the Annual Convention for the NJ Banking Association in Atlantic City, NJ.
Public office
He ran for the state senate seat in 1911 but withdrew from the race in August 1911 and instead ran to the Assembly. He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1911 and 1912, and was appointed a member of the New Jersey State Water Supply Commission from 1912 to 1915. Geran was the assistant prosecutor of the Monmouth County request from 1915-1917, and again the Assembly members on 1916 and 1917 and served as minority leader. He served as Sheriff of Monmouth County, New Jersey from 1917 to 1920. A strange occurrence during his tenure as Monmouth County Sheriff was a liquor sale in 1920. He was ordered by a New Jersey court to sell the effects of a bar to settle a creditor's request. However, most of the effects of the bar are intoxicating drinks of various kinds. He can obtain federal permission to sell ownership legally during the ban.
He was widely regarded as a candidate for the New Jersey Governor candidate in 1918 but decided not to run. He was appointed as US Attorney General for the District of New Jersey by President Woodrow Wilson in 1920. During his tenure he was associated with federal law enforcement at the time against the spread of combat films. The referenced fight was the Dempsey-Carpenter bout in Jersey City - July 1921. On December 16, 1921, then Attorney-General Dougherty called for Geran's resignation. The real reason is that the Attorney General wants a Republican to hold the post. Geran resigned in 1921 and continued legal practice in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Geran was elected as a Democrat to Congress into the Sixties since March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1925. He was a delegate to the 1924 Democratic National Convention. He was also a candidate who failed to be re-elected in 1924 to Congress to Sixty Nine.
Later career
After leaving Congress, Geran continued his professional practice until 22 September 1927. In 1927, he became Vice President of New Jersey Gravel & amp; Sand Co. in Farmington. In 1933, he formed the New Jersey Sand and Pebble Manufacturers Association which advocated the use of New Jersey materials in the construction of state highways. The 1940 Federal Census showed him as the manager of a sand and gravel factory and lived on Hodgner Road in Marlboro.
Death
He died at his home, Glen Geran Farm, in the Morganville section of Marlboro City, New Jersey on January 12, 1954, and was buried in the Old Tennent Cemetery, Manalapan Township, New Jersey.
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The Geran Bill
Geran is credited with working under Governor Woodrow Wilson and drafting a series of election reform laws in 1911 that changed the way elections were handled in New Jersey. Particularly seen as an anti-corruption measure to vote, law reform is one of the pillars of Governor Woodrow Wilson's program. Among the many provisions, This is a bill that requires local officials to send ballots of voter samples before the election.
Business Interests
- Geran was one of the five principals in the merger of The Western Telephone and Telegraph Company in January 1902. WT & amp; T is the parent company in AT & T from 1902-1911. In 1911, AT & amp; T absorbs WT & amp; T in the purchase of shares of three AT & T shares for four WT & amp; T share plus $ 20.
- Geran was also one of the five principals in the Establishment of Accident Companies under the law of 1896 on January 23, 1902. It is a telephone company established to run a business "outside of New Jersey state".
- Geran was one of 12 principals in the establishment of the Vandalia Coal Company in 1905. The Vandalia Coal Company owns and operates a mine in the middle-west.
- He joins three other people in the merger of Lind & amp; Company in 1909. This is a real estate company that specifically buys land and builds mines.
- In 1910 he started the Organization of Bankers and the Company Realization of Assets. This company is a real estate business and general investment.
- He is the Director of Hudson County Water Company. The company mainly takes water from New Jersey and sells water on Staten Island. He resigned his position in this company in 1911 before becoming a member of parliament. He states that it may be seen as a conflict of interest.
- In 1931 he was on the Board of Directors for Matawan Bank when he closed it for exhausting his cash fund.
- In 1932 he was president of the Municipal Mortgage Company he entered into the curator who followed him revealing that there was "unscrupulous corporate stock trading" by the Board of Directors.
- He was president of the Central Jersey Sand and Pebble Company at Asbury Park when the company entered the curator and became bankrupt in 1932.
References
External links
- United States Congress. "Elmer H. Geran (id: G000133)". Directory of Biographies of the United States Congress .
- Elmer Hendrickson Geran in The Political Graveyard
- Elmer Hendrickson Geran di Cari Maus
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