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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJohnston CORNISH
(1858-1920)
CORNISH, Johnston, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Bethlehem Township,
Hunterdon County, N.J., June 13, 1858; attended the common schools;
moved with his parents to Washington, N.J., in 1870; was graduated
from the Easton (Pa.) Business College; engaged in the manufacture
of pianos and organs; elected mayor of Washington, N.J., in 1884,
and reelected in 1885 and 1886; declined renomination in 1887 and
in 1888; member of the State senate 1891-1893; elected as a
Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894; again a member of
the State senate 1900-1902 and 1906-1911; president of the Cornish
Piano Co. in 1910; member of the Democratic State Committee;
president of the First National Bank, the Washington Water Co., and
the Warren County Bankers’ Association at the time of his
death in Washington, N.J., June 26, 1920; interment in the Cornish
family plot in Washington Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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