George Nicholas SEGER, Congress, NJ (1866-1940)

SEGER George Nicholas , a Representative from New Jersey; born in New York City January 4, 1866; attended the public schools; settled in Passaic, N.J., in 1899 and engaged in the building business; member of the board of education of Passaic 1906-1911; mayor of Passaic 1911-1919; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1916; president of the New Jersey League of Municipalities in 1917 and 1918; city director of finance 1919-1923; member of the Council of National Defense during the First World War; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his death in Washington, D.C., on August 26, 1940; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present