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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJames LINN
(1749-1821)
LINN, James, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Bedminster Township,
Somerset County, N.J., in 1749; pursued preparatory studies and was
graduated from Princeton College in 1769; studied law; was admitted
to the bar in 1772 and commenced practice in Trenton, N.J.;
returned to Somerset County, N.J.; judge of the court of common
pleas; member of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey in 1776;
during the Revolutionary War served as captain in the Somerset
County Militia in 1776; first major 1776-1781; member of the State
council in 1777; returned to Trenton; served in the State general
assembly in 1790 and 1791; again a member of the State council
1793-1797; elected as a Republican to the Sixth Congress (March 4,
1799-March 3, 1801); was not a candidate for renomination in 1800
to the Seventh Congress; was appointed by President Jefferson to be
supervisor of the revenue and served from 1801 to 1809; served as
secretary of state of New Jersey 1809-1820; died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., on January 5, 1821; interment in the Lamington
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Somerset County, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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