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UNDERHILL, John Quincy (1848-1907)

Democrat of New York

16th congressional district

Served in House 1899-1901

Total roll-call votes cast: 55

Note: This member has cast relatively few votes and so their ideological score may be unstable or inaccurate. Members who have cast at least 100 votes have more reliable scores.

Biography

Representative from New York; born in New Rochelle, Westchester County, N.Y., February 19, 1848; attended private and public schools and the College of the City of New York; engaged in the insurance business; village trustee of New Rochelle in 1877; elected village president in 1878 and reelected in 1880; served as town auditor; member of the board of education for several years; connected with the Westchester Fire Insurance Co. for nineteen years, serving as president and treasurer; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1901); was not a candidate for renomination in 1900; discontinued active business pursuits and lived in retirement; died in New Rochelle, N.Y., May 21, 1907; interment in Beechwoods Cemetery.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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