David Ogden Watkins
David Ogden Watkins | |
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Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly | |
In office 1898–1899 | |
Preceded by | George W. MacPherson |
Succeeded by | Benjamin Franklin Jones |
Acting Governor of New Jersey | |
In office October 18, 1898 – January 17, 1899 | |
Preceded by | Foster McGowan Voorhees |
Succeeded by | Foster McGowan Voorhees |
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly | |
In office 1887-1899 | |
Personal details | |
Born | David Ogden Watkins June 8, 1862 Woodbury, New Jersey New Jersey, U.S |
Died | June 20, 1938 | (aged 76)
Resting place | signatu |
Political party | Republican |
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David Ogden Watkins (June 8, 1862 – June 20, 1938) was the acting Governor of New Jersey from 1898 to 1899.
Biography
Watkins was born in Woodbury, New Jersey.[1] He studied law and was admitted to practice in New Jersey in 1893. Watkins' first political foray was as Mayor of Woodbury, from 1886 to 1890, later serving on the Woodbury City Council from 1892 to 1898, and as president of the council from 1895 to 1897. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1887 to 1899 as a Republican. On October 18, 1898, Governor Foster MacGowan Voorhees resigned from office, and Watkins become Acting Governor in his capacity as Speaker of the New Jersey State Assembly, Serving until January 16, 1899, when Voorhees returned as Governor. From 1900 to 1903 he served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey[2] and from 1903 to 1909 he was the state's Commissioner of Banking and Insurance.
He died on June 20, 1938, and was buried in Green Cemetery in Woodbury.
References
- ^ "New Jersey Governor David Ogden Watkins". National Governors Association. Retrieved Aug 27, 2013.
- ^ U.S. Attorney's Office District of New Jersey, A Rich History of Service
See also
- Governors of New Jersey
- Mayors of places in New Jersey
- Members of the New Jersey General Assembly
- People from Woodbury, New Jersey
- American Protestants
- Speakers of the New Jersey General Assembly
- United States Attorneys for the District of New Jersey
- 1862 births
- 1938 deaths
- New Jersey Republicans
- Republican Party state governors of the United States
- New Jersey mayor stubs