William John Browning

Republican Representative of New Jersey's 1st district

Congresses Served

House Terms

April 11, 1850 (69 years old)

Birthday

March 24, 1920

Death

Served as a U.S. Representative for New Jersey’s 1st congressional district from 1911 until his death in 1920.
Engaged in the wholesale dry goods business in Camden, New Jersey, at an early age.
Held positions on the Camden Board of Education and the city council.
Appointed postmaster of Camden in 1889 and served until 1894.
Served as Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States from 1895 to 1911.
Elected to the Sixty-second Congress to fill a vacancy and was re-elected to the Sixty-third and the three succeeding Congresses.
Died in office in the Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., in 1920.
Interred in Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, New Jersey.