{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Randolph Perkins | image = RandolphPerkins.jpg | resting_place = Fairview Cemetery, West New Brighton, Staten Island | state1 = New Jersey | constituency1 = {{ushr|NJ|6|6th district}} (1921–33)<br>{{ushr|NJ|7|7th district}} (1933–36) {{Collapsed infobox section begin|House positions|titlestyle=border: 1px dashed lightgrey;}} {{Infobox officeholder |embed=yes | office3 = 18th Chair of the House Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures | term_start3 = 1923 | term_end3 = 1931 | predecessor3 = Albert Henry Vestal | successor3 = Andrew Lawrence Somers | office2 = Ranking Member of the House Committee on Patents | term_start2 = 1933 | term_end2 = May 25, 1936 | office1 = Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee | term_start1 = 1935 | term_end1 = May 25, 1936 | office = Ranking Member of the House Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation | term_start = 1935 | term_end = May 25, 1936 }} {{Collapsed infobox section end}} | district1 = {{ushr|New Jersey|7|7th}} | term_start1 = March 4, 1921 | term_end1 = May 25, 1936 | predecessor1 = John R. Ramsey | successor1 = J. Parnell Thomas | office2 = Member of the New Jersey General Assembly | term_start2 = 1905 | term_end2 = 1911 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | office3 = Mayor of Westfield | term_start3 = 1903 | term_end3 = 1905 | birth_name = Randolph Perkins | birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|11|30}} | birth_place = Dunellen, New Jersey | death_date = {{Death date and age|1936|5|25|1871|11|30}} | death_place = Washington, D.C. | party = Republican | education = Jersey City High School | alma_mater = Cooper Union | occupation = Politician }}
'''Randolph Perkins''' (November 30, 1871 – May 25, 1936) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1921 to 1936.
==Early life == Born in Dunellen, New Jersey, Perkins moved to Jersey City, New Jersey, with his parents in 1879, where he attended Jersey City High School (since renamed William L. Dickinson High School).<ref name=NYTobit>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1936/05/26/archives/randolph-perkins-legislator-dead-jersey-member-of-congress-had.html "RANDOLPH PERKINS, LEGISLATOR, DEAD; Jersey Member of Congress Had Served Since 1920 Recently Renominated. LONG ACTIVE IN POLITICS Also Prominent as a Lawyer, Had Been an Assemblyman and Mayor of Westfield."], ''The New York Times'', May 26, 1936. Accessed March 5, 2011.</ref> He attended Cooper Union in New York City.
=== Early career === After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in Jersey City, New Jersey.
He moved to Westfield, New Jersey, in 1902, and served as Mayor from 1903 to 1905. He moved to Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, in 1909, and continued the practice of law. He served as member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1905 to 1911, serving as speaker in 1907. He served as chairman of the Bergen County Republican committee from 1911 to 1916.
==Congress== Perkins was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1921, until his death. He served as chairman of the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures (Sixty-ninth through Seventy-first Congresses). He was renominated for election to the Seventy-fifth Congress at the time of his death.
=== Impeachment manager === He was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1933 to prosecute the case in the impeachment trial of Harold Louderback, judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and again in 1936 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Halsted L. Ritter, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
==Death== He died in Washington, D.C., on May 25, 1936, after suffering a kidney infection.<ref name=NYTobit/> He was interred in Fairview Cemetery, West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York.
== Electoral history ==
=== United States House of Representatives === {{Election box begin |title = United States House of Representatives elections, 1934<ref>{{cite web |title=STATE OF NEW JERSEY Result of the General Election Held November 6th, 1934 |url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1920-1970//1934-general-election.pdf |access-date=16 October 2025 |page=3}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Randolph Perkins (incumbent) | votes = 47,083 | percentage = 51.35 | change = {{decrease}}0.21 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Hamilton Cross | votes = 43,771 | percentage = 47.73 | change = {{increase}}0.45 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Socialist Party of America | candidate = John Hoverman | votes = 608 | percentage = 0.66 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Communist Party (United States) | candidate = Simon Saller | votes = 237 | percentage = 0.26 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 91,699 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin |title = United States House of Representatives elections, 1932<ref>{{cite web |title=STATE OF NEW JERSEY Result of the General Election Held November 8th, 1932 |url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1920-1970//1932-general-election.pdf |access-date=16 October 2025 |page=4}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Randolph Perkins (incumbent) | votes = 52003 | percentage = 51.56 | change = {{decrease}}4.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Hamilton Cross | votes = 47688 | percentage = 47.28 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Socialist Party of America | candidate = Ferdinand Kadel | votes = 904 | percentage = 0.90 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Communist Party (United States) | candidate = James Benjamin McBride Jr. | votes = 146 | percentage = 0.14 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independent | candidate = Harold Taft Wright | votes = 72 | percentage = 0.07 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Socialist Labor Party of America | candidate = Emil Landgraf | votes = 48 | percentage = 0.05 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 100,861 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin |title = United States House of Representatives elections, 1930<ref>{{cite web |title=STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF STATE Result of the General Election Held November 4th, 1930 |url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1920-1970//1930-general-election.pdf |access-date=16 October 2025 |page=3}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Randolph Perkins (incumbent) | votes = 72,868 | percentage = 56.46 | change = {{decrease}}8.66 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Archibald C. Hart | votes = 55,283 | percentage = 42.83 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | party = Socialist Party of America | candidate = Henry J. Cox | votes = 774 | percentage = 0.60 | change = {{increase}}0.40 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Communist Party (United States) | candidate = Charles Dzevetzko | votes = 146 | percentage = 0.11 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 129,071 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change |title = United States House of Representatives elections, 1928<ref>{{cite web |title=STATE OF NEW JERSEY Results of the General Election Held November 6th, 1928 |url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1920-1970//1928-general-election.pdf |access-date=16 October 2025 |page=4}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Randolph Perkins (incumbent) | votes = 104,303 | percentage = 65.12 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Frank L. Sample | votes = 55,544 | percentage = 34.68 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Socialist Party of America | candidate = Henry J. Cox | votes = 316 | percentage = 0.20 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 160,163 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}} ==See also== * List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1900–1949)
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