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AUGUSTUS A. RICH
Originally published in 1900 |
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AUGUSTUS A. RICH, who has successfully practiced law in Hudson
County since 1876, is the son of Samuel A. Rich, a native of Genoa, Italy,
who followed the sea all his life, leaving home at the age of thirteen. His
mother was Ellen E. Stephens. Mr. Rich was born in Brooklyn, N. Y.. December 28, 1851, and in 1854 moved with his parents to Hoboken, N. J. In
1860 the family settled in West Hoboken, Hudson County, where the subject of this article has since resided, and where he received a good public
school education.
Mr. Rich studied law in New York City with the well known firm of Van Schaick, Gillender & Thompson, and was admitted to practice in that State in 1873. He was admitted to the bar of New Jersey as an attorney in November, 1S74, and as a counselor in February, 1878. He began the active work of his profession in Hudson County in 1876, and for many years has been the leading lawyer in West Hoboken. Following without interrupa general law practice, Dr. Rich has achieved eminent success as well as a high reputation, which is by no means confined to his immediate locality. He has also held several positions of trust and honor. In 1582 and again in 1883 he represented West Hoboken in the New Jersey Assembly, and served both years as Chairman of the Committee on Revision of Laws and as a member of the Judiciary Committee. During these two terms he introduced a number of bills of local importance and was active and influential in all legislative matters. Since then he has drafted several important measures, including the general act for the government of towns, under which Kearny, West Hoboken, West New York, and other boroughs were incorporated and organized, and which served as the model upon which the general act for cities in New Jersey was drawn. In this respect Mr. Rich has gained wide distinction. Having made a special study of town and municipal governments, and endowed with rare good judgment and great legal ability, he is regarded as an authority on these matters, and his prominence in connection with them attests his standing and usefulness. During the past eighteen years he has served as corporation attorney for West Hoboken, and at present he is also attorney for the Townships of West New York and Weehawken. Since 1895 he has been Chairman of the Hudson County Board of Elections, and in May, 1599, he was appointed a member of the committee whose object is the promotion and ultimate incorporation of Greater Jersey City, to include all or nearly all the cities, boroughs and townships in the County of Hudson. He is a Democrat in politics, and has distinguished himself as a public spirited, progressive, and patriotic citizen. He is unmarried.
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