Jim Saxton
Hugh James "Jim" Saxton (born
January 22 1943),
American politician, has been a
Republican member of the
United States House of Representatives since
1984, representing the Thirteenth Congressional District of
New Jersey from
1984 to
1993 and the Third Congressional District from
1993. Born in
Nicholson, Pennsylvania, he attended East Stroudsburg State College and
Temple University, then pursued a career as an elementary school teacher and small business owner. Saxton served in the New Jersey State House of Assembly from
1976 to
1981 and in the New Jersey State House of Assembly from
1982 to
1984, when he was elected to the House to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Congressman Edwin B. Forsythe. He is a member of the Armed Services Committee and the Resources Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee.
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