T. Millet Hand

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For the Irish republican, see Thomas Hand (Irish republican). For the English painter, see Thomas Hand.
Thomas M. Hand
File:T. Millet Hand (New Jersey Congressman).jpg
Frontispiece of 1957's Thomas Millet Hand, Late a Representative
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 2nd district
In office
January 3, 1945 – December 26, 1956
Preceded byElmer H. Wene
Succeeded byMilton W. Glenn
Solicitor of Lower Township
In office
1945–1950
Preceded bySamuel F. Eldredge
Succeeded byCharles W. Sandman, Jr.
Vice-chairman of the New Jersey Republican Party
In office
1941–1944
Mayor of Cape May
In office
1937–1944
Prosecutor of the Pleas of Cape May County
In office
1928–1933
Personal details
BornThomas Millet Hand
July 7, 1902
Cape May, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedDecember 26, 1956(1956-12-26) (aged 54)
Cold Spring, New Jersey, U.S.
Resting placeCold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery
PartyRepublican
EducationDickinson School of Law
ProfessionPolitician

Thomas Millet Hand (July 7, 1902 in Cape May, New Jersey – December 26, 1956 in Cold Spring, New Jersey) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for six consecutive terms from 1945 to 1956.

Early life and education

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Hand was born in Cape May, New Jersey on July 7, 1902, and attended the local public schools. He graduated in 1922 from the Dickinson School of Law, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was admitted to the New Jersey Bar Association in 1924 and commenced practice in Cape May.

Political and business career

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He was clerk of the Cape May County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders from 1924 to 1928, and the prosecutor of the pleas of Cape May County from 1928 to 1933. Hand served as the mayor of Cape May from 1937 to 1944, and was the publisher of the Cape May Star and Wave from 1940 until his death. He was also a partner in the Mecray-Hand Co., a real estate and insurance business.[1]

Congress

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Hand was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth and to the five succeeding Congresses and had been reelected on November 6, 1956, to the Eighty-fifth Congress. He served in the House from January 3, 1945, until his death.

Death

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Hand died of a heart attack at his home in the Cold Spring section of Lower Township, New Jersey on December 26, 1956.[1][2]

His remains were cremated at Ewing Cemetery in Trenton, New Jersey and interred in Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery in Cold Spring, New Jersey.[1]

Electoral history

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United States House of Representatives

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United States House of Representatives elections, 1956[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican T. Millet Hand (incumbent) 83,433 67.85 Increase4.3
Democratic Thomas C. Stewart 39,383 32.03
Socialist Labor Morris Karp 151 0.12 Increase0.07
Total votes 122,967 100.0
Republican hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1954[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican T. Millet Hand (incumbent) 65,551 63.55 Increase0.16
Democratic Clayton E. Burdick 37,541 36.40
Socialist Labor Morris Karp 56 0.05
Total votes 103,148 100.0
Republican hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1952[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican T. Millet Hand (incumbent) 79,955 63.39 Increase9.05
Democratic Charles Edward Rupp 46,174 36.61
Total votes 126,129 100.0
Republican hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1950[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican T. Millet Hand (incumbent) 54,897 54.34 Decrease7.38
Democratic Elmer H. Wene 46,121 45.66
Total votes 101,018 100.0
Republican hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1948[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican T. Millet Hand (incumbent) 62,804 61.72 Decrease5.37
Democratic William E. Stringer 38,194 37.53
Progressive Thomas F. Ogilvie 764 0.75
Total votes 101,762 100.0
Republican hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1946[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican T. Millet Hand 54,511 67.09
Democratic Edward T. Keeley 26,740 32.91
Total votes 81,251 100.0

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Thomas Millet Hand, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 16, 2007.
  2. ^ Staff. "T. MILLET HAND, 54, LEGISLATOR, DEAD; U.S. Representative From Second Jersey District-- Once Cape May Mayor", The New York Times, December 27, 1956. Accessed August 10, 2016. "Thomas Millet Hand Representative in Congress from the Second New Jersey District, died this evening at his home in nearby Cold Spring apparently of a heart attack."
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