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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJohn Lauris BLAKE
(1831-1899)
BLAKE, 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.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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