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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJoseph BLOOMFIELD
(1753-1823)
BLOOMFIELD, Joseph, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Woodbridge, Middlesex
County, N.J., October 18, 1753; educated at Rev. Enoch
Green’s school in Deerfield, N.J.; studied law; was admitted
to the bar in 1775 and commenced practice in Bridgeton, N.J.;
entered the Revolutionary Army as captain of the Third New Jersey
Regiment on February 9, 1776; attained the rank of major; resumed
the practice of law in Burlington, N.J.; registrar of the admiralty
court 1779-1783; State attorney general from 1783 to 1792, when he
resigned; trustee of Princeton College from 1793 until his
resignation in 1801; Governor of New Jersey 1801-1812; commissioned
brigadier general on March 13, 1812, and served until June 15,
1815; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress and
reelected to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1821);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Seventeenth Congress;
died in Burlington, Burlington County, N.J., October 3, 1823;
interment in St. Mary’s Episcopal Churchyard.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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