George Marvin WALLHAUSER, Congress, NJ (1900-1993)

WALLHAUSER, George Marvin, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., February 10, 1900; attended the grade schools and graduated from Barringer High School, Newark, N.J., in 1918; during the First World War served as a hospital corpsman in the United States Naval Reserve 1918-1922; graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1922; associated with United States Realty & Investment Co., Newark, N.J., in 1928, serving on board of directors and as treasurer and vice president in 1940; enrolled in Columbia University in 1941 and completed courses in real-estate appraising in 1942; chairman, Maplewood (N.J.) Planning Board, 1946-1954; member, Maplewood Township Committee, 1954-1957; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-sixth, Eighty-seventh, and to the Eighty-eighth Congresses (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1965); was not a candidate for renomination to the Eighty-ninth Congress; senior vice president, United States Realty and Investment Company; commissioner, New Jersey Highway Authority, 1970-1972, and chairman, 1972-1975; was a resident of Maplewood, N.J., until his death in Livingston, N.J., on August 4, 1993.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present