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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJohn Thompson NIXON
(1820-1889)
NIXON, John Thompson, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Fairton, Cumberland County,
N.J., on August 31, 1820; attended private schools and was
graduated from Princeton College in 1841; studied law; was admitted
to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in Bridgeton, N.J.;
member of the State house of assembly 1848-1850 and served as
speaker in the latter year; elected as a Republican to the
Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1859-March 3,
1863); was not a candidate for renomination in 1862; resumed the
practice of law in Bridgeton, N.J., 1863-1870; appointed United
States judge for the district of New Jersey on April 28, 1870, and
served until his death at his summer home in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., September 28, 1889; interment in the City Cemetery,
Bridgeton, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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