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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyGarnett Bowditch ADRAIN
(1815-1878)
ADRAIN, Garnett Bowditch,
a Representative from New Jersey; born in New York City December
15, 1815; moved with his parents to New Brunswick, N.J.; attended
the public schools; was graduated from Rutgers College, New
Brunswick, in 1833; studied law in the office of his brother; was
licensed as an attorney in 1836 and as a counselor in 1839;
commenced the practice of law in New Brunswick, N.J.; elected as a
Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress and as an Anti-Lecompton
Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3,
1861); chairman, Committee on Engraving (Thirty-fifth and
Thirty-sixth Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection in
1860; resumed the practice of his profession; died in New
Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J., August 17, 1878; interment in
Van Liew Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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