Ramsey was born in Wyckoff , New Jersey on April 25 , 1862 . He attended the public schools and a private school in Parkersburg , West Virginia , where he lived from 1872 to 1879 . He studied law in Hackensack , New Jersey , and was admitted to the bar in 1883 and commenced practice in Hackensack . He was county clerk of Bergen County from 1895 – 1910 and was a delegate to the 1908 Republican National Convention . He was president of the Hackensack Brick Co. from 1909 to 1933 and was director of several banks . His wife was automotive pioneer Alice Huyler Ramsey
1908 Republican National Convention
1908 Republican National Convention
John R. Ramsey