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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyLucius Quintius Cincinnatus ELMER
(1793-1883)
ELMER, Lucius Quintius
Cincinnatus, (son of Ebenezer Elmer and nephew of Jonathan
Elmer), a Representative from New Jersey; born in Bridgeton, N.J.,
February 3, 1793; attended the private schools and was graduated
from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia; during the War
of 1812 served in the militia as a lieutenant of artillery, and was
promoted to the rank of brigade major and inspector; studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1815 and commenced practice in
Bridgeton, N.J.; prosecuting attorney for the State in 1824; member
of the State general assembly 1820-1823, serving the last year as
speaker; prosecutor of the pleas for Cumberland County in 1824;
United States district attorney for the district of New Jersey
1824-1829; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress
(March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); chairman, Committee on Elections
(Twenty-eighth Congress); unsuccessful for reelection in 1844 to
the Twenty-ninth Congress; attorney general of New Jersey
1850-1852; justice of the State supreme court from 1852 until 1869
when he retired; died in Bridgeton, N.J., on March 11, 1883;
interment in Bridgeton Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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