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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJames Giles HAMPTON
(1814-1861)
HAMPTON, James Giles, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Bridgeton, Cumberland
County, N.J., June 13, 1814; attended the common schools and was
graduated from Princeton College in 1835; studied law; was admitted
to the bar in 1839 and commenced practice in Bridgeton, N.J.;
collector of the port of Bridgeton, N.J., 1841-1844; elected as a
Whig to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses (March 4,
1845-March 3, 1849); was not a candidate for renomination in 1848;
resumed the practice of law in Bridgeton, N.J.; solicitor of the
board of chosen freeholders of Cumberland County in 1852; died in
Bridgeton, N.J., on September 22, 1861; interment in Broad Street
Presbyterian Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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