Gordon Canfield
| Gordon Canfield | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 8th district |
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In office January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1961 |
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| Preceded by | George N. Seger |
| Succeeded by | Charles S. Joelson |
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April 15, 1898 Salamanca, New York |
| Died | June 20, 1972 (aged 74) Hawthorne, New Jersey |
| Political party | Republican |
Gordon Canfield (April 15, 1898 in Salamanca, New York – June 20, 1972 in Hawthorne, New Jersey) was an American lawyer and politician. Canfield, a Republican, was first a secretary under the United States Representative for New Jersey's 8th District, George N. Seger, but he later succeeded Seger and represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives for twenty years, lasting from 1941 until 1961. Canfield is most remembered as the "Father of the United States Coast Guard Reserve", as he spearheaded the effort to pass the legislation that started the reserve in 1941.
After graduating through the Binghamton, New York public school system, Canfield was drafted, and served as a private in the Signal Corps during 1917 and 1918, the last two years of World War I. After the war, Canfield went to Passaic, New Jersey and became a reporter. He became a reporter for the next four years, until 1923. After that, he went to study law at New Jersey Law School in Newark, New Jersey and later at The George Washington University Law School, where he obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1926. The following year he was admitted into the Washington, D.C. bar association.
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