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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJames Fitz RANDOLPH
(1791-1872)
RANDOLPH, James Fitz,
(father of Theodore Fitz Randolph), a Representative from New
Jersey; born in Middlesex County, N.J., June 26, 1791; received a
limited schooling; learned the printing trade; edited the New
Brunswick Fredonian 1812-1842; United States collector of internal
revenue 1815-1846; clerk of the court of common pleas; member of
the state house of assembly in 1823 and 1824; elected as an Adams
candidate to the Twentieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of George Holcombe; reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to
the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses and served from
December 1, 1828, to March 3, 1833; president of a bank in New
Brunswick, N.J.; died in Easton, Pa., January 25, 1872; interment
in Easton Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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