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  Brisbin, John
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NameJohn Brisbin
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Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania , United States
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Born July 03, 1818
DiedFebruary 03, 1880 (61 years)
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Jan 23, 2008 03:32pm
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InfoBRISBIN, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Sherburne, Chenango County, N.Y., July 13, 1818; taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pa., about 1843; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Chester Butler (January 13, 1851-March 3, 1851); president of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railway Co., 1863-1867 and member of the board of managers and general counsel from 1867 until his death in Newark, N.J., February 3, 1880; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Elizabeth, N.J.

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