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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJohn LINN
(1763-1821)
LINN, John, a
Representative from New Jersey; born near Johnsonburg, Hardwick
Township, Warren County, N.J., December 3, 1763; moved with his
father to Sussex County, N.J.; attended the common schools; entered
the Revolutionary Army as a private in the First Regiment, Captain
Mannings’s company; promoted to sergeant; member of the State
general assembly 1801-1804; judge of the court of common pleas
1805-1821; sheriff of Sussex County in 1812; elected as a
Republican to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses and served
from March 4, 1817, until his death in Washington, D.C., January 5,
1821; interment in North Hardyston Cemetery, near Franklin Furnace,
Sussex County, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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