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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJames BISHOP
(1816-1895)
BISHOP, James, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in New Brunswick, N.J., May
11, 1816; attended Spaulding School and Rutgers College Preparatory
School, New Brunswick, N.J.; engaged in mercantile pursuits in New
Brunswick; member of the State house of assembly in 1849 and 1850;
elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth
Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; prominent in the
rubber trade in New York City; chief of the bureau of labor
statistics of New Jersey 1878-1893 and a resident of Trenton; died
at Kemble Hall, near Morristown, Morris County, N.J., May 10, 1895;
interment in Elmwood Cemetery, New Brunswick, Middlesex County,
N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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