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  Blake, John L.
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NameJohn L. Blake
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Orange, New Jersey , United States
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Born March 25, 1831
DiedOctober 10, 1899 (68 years)
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InfoBLAKE, John Lauris, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Boston, Mass., March 25, 1831; received a classical education; moved to Orange, N.J., in 1846; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1852 and commenced practice in Orange, N.J.; member of the State house of assembly in 1857; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876; elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1880; resumed the practice of his profession in Orange; became president of the Citizens’ Gas Light Co. of Newark, N.J., in 1893; died in West Orange, Essex County, N.J., October 10, 1899; interment in Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, N.J.


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