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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyRufus BLODGETT
(1834-1910)
Senate Years of Service:
1887-1893Party: DemocratBLODGETT, Rufus, a Senator
from New Jersey; born in Dorchester, N.H., October 9, 1834;
attended the common schools and Wentworth (N.H.) Academy; learned
the machinist’s trade; moved to New Jersey in 1866 and
settled in Long Branch; builder of railroad equipment; president of
the Long Branch City Bank; member, State assembly 1878-1879;
superintendent of the New York & Long Branch Railroad
1884-1910; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and
served from March 4, 1887, to March 3, 1893; was not a candidate
for reelection; mayor of Long Branch 1893-1898; engaged in the
railroad business and in banking; died in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., October 3, 1910; interment in Village Cemetery,
Wentworth, Grafton County, N.H.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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