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| Affiliation | Democratic-Republican |
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| Name | Joseph Bloomfield |
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Burlington, New Jersey , United States |
| Email | None |
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October 18, 1753
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| Died | October 03, 1823
(69 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
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| Info | BLOOMFIELD, Joseph, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, N.J., October 18, 1753; educated at Rev. Enoch Green’s school in Deerfield, N.J.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1775 and commenced practice in Bridgeton, N.J.; entered the Revolutionary Army as captain of the Third New Jersey Regiment on February 9, 1776; attained the rank of major; resumed the practice of law in Burlington, N.J.; registrar of the admiralty court 1779-1783; State attorney general from 1783 to 1792, when he resigned; trustee of Princeton College from 1793 until his resignation in 1801; Governor of New Jersey 1801-1812; commissioned brigadier general on March 13, 1812, and served until June 15, 1815; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress and reelected to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1821); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Seventeenth Congress; died in Burlington, Burlington County, N.J., October 3, 1823; interment in St. Mary’s Episcopal Churchyard.
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