Edwin B. Forsythe

A Representative from New Jersey. Born in Westtown, Chester County, Pa. , January 17, 1916. Attended the public schools. Secretary, Moorestown, N. J. , Board of Adjustment, 1948-1952. Member, Moorestown Township Committee, 1953-1962. Mayor of Moorestown, 1957-1962. Member, executive board of New Jersey State League of Municipalities, 1958-1962. Chairman of Moorestown Planning Board, 1962-1963. Member, New Jersey State senate, 1964-1970. Delegate, New Jersey Constitutional convention, 1966. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1968. Elected simultaneously as a Republican to the Ninety-first and to the Ninety-second Congress by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative William Cahill, and reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses (November 3, 1970-March 29, 1984). Died in Moorestown, N. J. , March 29, 1984. Cremated. Ashes interred at Union Street Friends Cemetery, Medford, N. J.