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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | James W. Wall |
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Burlington, New Jersey , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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May 26, 1820
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| Died | June 09, 1872
(52 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
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| Info | WALL, James Walter, (son of Garret Dorset Wall), a Senator from New Jersey; born in Trenton, N.J., May 26, 1820; was tutored privately in Flushing, N.Y., and graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1838; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1841 and commenced practice in Trenton; served as commissioner in bankruptcy; moved to Burlington, N.J., in 1847; mayor of Burlington 1850; was tendered the Democratic nomination for Congress in 1850, but declined; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John R. Thompson and served from January 14 to March 3, 1863; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; resumed the practice of law in Burlington; also engaged in literary pursuits; moved to Elizabeth, N.J., in 1869 where he died June 9, 1872; interment in the churchyard of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Burlington, N.J.
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