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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyNehemiah PERRY
(1816-1881)
PERRY, Nehemiah, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn., March 30, 1816; educated at the Wesleyan Seminary of
Ridgefield; clerked in a store in Norwalk, Conn., and New York
City; moved to Newark, N.J., in 1836; engaged in the manufacture of
cloth and in the clothing business; member of the State house of
assembly in 1850 and 1856 and served as speaker in the latter year;
member of the common council in 1852; elected as a Democrat to the
Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1861-March 3,
1865); was not a candidate for renomination in 1864; resumed his
former manufacturing pursuits; mayor of Newark in 1873; died in
Newark, N.J., November 1, 1881; interment in Mount Pleasant
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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