district succeeded death_date death_place birth_place nationality party term_end preceded birth_date term_start article_title state name
1st henry c. loudenslager 18 february 1905 haverford , pennsylvania bridge point , new jersey american republican march 3 , 1893 george hires august 2 , 1841 march 4 , 1889 christopher a. bergen
 new jersey christopher augustus bergen
christopher a. bergen

christopher augustus bergen -lrb- august 2 , 1841 -- february 18 , 1905 -rrb- was an american republican party politician who represented new jersey 's 1st congressional district in the united states house of representatives from 1889 to 1893 .
born in bridge point , new jersey , bergen attended harlingen school and edge hill classical school and was graduated from princeton college , where he studied law , in 1863 .
he was licensed by the supreme court of new jersey in 1866 as an attorney and commenced practice in camden , new jersey .
bergen was elected as a republican to the 51st and 52nd congresses , holding office from march 4 , 1889 to march 3 , 1893 .
he was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1892 , after which he resumed the practice of law .
in 1903 , bergen moved to haverford , pennsylvania , where he died on february 18 , 1905 .
he was interred in evergreen cemetery , camden , new jersey .
his son , martin v. bergen , was also a lawyer , played football and baseball at princeton university , and coached football at princeton , grinnell college , and the university of virginia .
