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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJohn Renshaw THOMSON
(1800-1862)
Senate Years of Service:
1853-1862Party: DemocratTHOMSON, John Renshaw, a
Senator from New Jersey; born in Philadelphia, Pa., September 25,
1800; attended the common schools in Princeton, N.J., and the
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University); went to China in
1817 and became a merchant in Canton; United States consul at that
port 1823-1825; returned to the United States and settled in
Princeton, N.J.; director and secretary of the Delaware &
Raritan Canal Co.; connected with the Philadelphia & Trenton
Railroad Co. as president and later as treasurer; member of the
State constitutional convention in 1844; unsuccessful Democratic
candidate for governor of New Jersey in 1844; elected as a Democrat
to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Robert F. Stockton; reelected in 1857, and served
from March 4, 1853, until his death in Princeton, N.J., September
12, 1862; chairman, Committee on Naval Affairs (Thirty-sixth
Congress), Committee on Pensions (Thirty-sixth Congress), Committee
on Patents and the Patent Office (Thirty-sixth Congress); interment
in the Princeton Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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