Edwin B. Forsythe

Edwin Bell Forsythe (January 17, 1916 – March 29, 1984) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1970 until his death from lung cancer in Moorestown Township, New Jersey in 1984.

Biography

Forsythe was born in Westtown, Pennsylvania on January 17, 1916, and attended the local public schools. He served as secretary on the Moorestown Township, New Jersey Board of Adjustment from 1948 to 1952, was a member of the Moorestown Committee from 1953 to 1962, serving as Mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey from 1957 to 1962, and was chairman of the Moorestown Planning Board from 1962 to 1963. He was a member of the executive board of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities from 1958 to 1962. Forsythe was elected to the New Jersey Senate, where he served from 1964 to 1970. He was a delegate to the New Jersey Constitutional convention in 1966 and selected as a delegate to the 1968 Republican National Convention.